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More children are dying in Scotland proportionally than elsewhere in the UK as medics warn the state of the health service risks raising one of the ‘unhealthiest generations’ in decades.
According to a report by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), there were 10.1 deaths per 100,000 children aged one to 15 in Scotland in 2024 – higher than any other home nation.
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The report’s authors said: ‘Social and economic disadvantage in early childhood is closely linked to higher child mortality and poorer health outcomes.
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Without action to reduce inequalities in child mortality, cycles of disadvantage will persist.’
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The study looked at 12 key child health indicators including oral health, obesity, mental health, asthma, substance misuse, injuries, vaping and smoking.
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The report, titled the State of Child Health 2026, found nearly a quarter of children aged four to five in Scotland were overweight or living with obesity while more than a quarter of five-year-olds had obvious tooth decay.
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Meanwhile, the number being vaccinated was ‘a significant concern’, with very few routine childhood inoculations meeting the 95 per cent uptake target.
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The report warned that ‘without urgent action, Scotland risks raising one of the unhealthiest generations of children in decades’.
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Youngsters, it added, face ‘lifelong health problems, poorer educational outcomes and entrenched inequalities long into the future’.
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RCPCH officer for Scotland Dr Lynn Macleod said ‘too many children and young people in Scotland are being let down’.
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The study by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health looked at vaping, smoking and drug use
Scottish Tory education spokesman Meghan Gallacher said: ‘This report is a damning indictment of the SNP’s skewed priorities.
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Ministers have spent years trumpeting gimmicks like the Baby Box while too many children are being left without the proper support and care they need to get a healthy start in life.
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In England there were 8.5 deaths per 100,000 children aged one to 15 while the figure for Northern Ireland was ten and 6.4 in Wales.
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The report found that 27 per cent of five-year-olds had obvious tooth decay in 2024-25, with no improvement since 2020.
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Of that number, 40 per cent in the most deprived areas had evidence of tooth decay, compared with just 16 per cent in the least deprived areas.
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Meanwhile, two-year-olds living in the most deprived areas were 14.8 percentage points more likely to have a developmental concern than those in the least deprived areas.
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Substance misuse was an issue affecting older children, the report stated.
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Cannabis use among 15-year-olds rose from 14 per cent to 16 per cent among girls and from 20 per cent to 23 per cent among boys between 2017-18 and 2021-22, the most recent figures available.
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At the end of March 2026, 4,791 youngsters were waiting to start mental health treatment, up 18 per cent on the previous quarter.
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Nicola Killean, Children and Young People’s Commissioner Scotland, said the report showed mental health services ‘are not there when children need them’.
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Health Secretary Angela Constance said long waits for care appointments and procedures were coming down and she was ‘particularly focused on ensuring children and young people who require treatment ‘get the care they need, when they need it’.
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