Succession is an evolutionary process, with the successor and partner gaining ownership step by step. Succession and retirement is a process of change, and with this comes stress. For the succeeding generation, stress is greatest at the start of the process, as they wait, uncertain about their eventual succession. For the retiring generation stress is attached to each of the major decisions that must be made if the process is to progress. Achieving children's good health is vital for adult health, as both the risk factors for many adult diseases and the opportunities for preventing these diseases arise in childhood.
Most children are well, the report says.
Studies have found that poor health in children is very often related to the social and economic disadvantages their families face. These will guide child health policy, planning, funding, and delivery of services. All six are equally important and they are interrelated. This recognises that really effective treatment of child health has to be more than treating illness. Fragmented se-vices are a barrier to access.