![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/doctors-and-nurses-demand-free-school-meals-overhaul-to-stop-kids-going-hungry/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/1_Healthy-school-dinners-at-Oxfordshire-primary-school-UK-Image-shot-2009-Exact-date-unknown.jpg&description=Groups representing hundreds of thousands of medics said all pupils from Universal Credit families in England must get free dinners 'as a first step to universal provision'Pressure is mounting on the Government to widen access to free school mealsDoctors and nurses have piled pressure on the Tories to immediately offer free school meals to thousands more needy children. Groups representing hundreds of thousands of medics said all pupils from Universal Credit families in England must get free dinners "as a first step to universal provision". The Royal College of Paediatrics and Children Health, British Medical Association and Royal College of Nurses are among the signatories to a letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan demanding urgent action to prevent kids going hungry. 'Every day, healthcare professionals see the impact of hunger and malnutrition in their work,' say the group that also includes TV medics Dr Adam Kay, Dr Alex George and Dr Chris van Tulleken. "The Government's free school meal scheme has been shown to be an effective policy solution to reduce obesity, food insecurity and health inequalities," the letter said. "However, currently 800,000 children living in poverty do not qualify for this nutritional safety net due to the criteria being too low. Children at Surrey Square Primary School in London all receive free school meals funded by Southwark Council ( Humphrey Nemar.) "For many of these children, they may have to skip lunch completely or rely on cheap, unhealthy food that is damaging to their long-term health." The Mirror and the National Education Union are campaigning for all primary school pupils in England to get free school meals, in line with promises in Scotland and Wales. All young children in England can get free school meals up to the end of Year 2 but after that it only applies to households on certain benefits. Children living in Universal Credit families can only get the benefit if their parents earn le){kind=link}
Groups representing hundreds of thousands of medics said all pupils from Universal Credit families in England must get free dinners ‘as a first step to universal provision’
Doctors and nurses have piled pressure on the Tories to immediately offer free school meals to thousands more needy children.
Groups representing hundreds of thousands of medics said all pupils from Universal Credit families in England must get free dinners “as a first step to universal provision”.
The Royal College of Paediatrics and Children Health, British Medical Association and Royal College of Nurses are among the signatories to a letter to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt and Education Secretary Gillian Keegan demanding urgent action to prevent kids going hungry.
“Every day, healthcare professionals see the impact of hunger and malnutrition in their work,” say the group that also includes TV medics Dr Adam Kay, Dr Alex George and Dr Chris van Tulleken.