Failure to stem rising cost of formula in UK putting babies at risk, say experts

Leading doctors and charities urge children’s health minister to take action to support struggling families

Failure to tackle the cost of soaring infant formula is creating a crisis of infant hunger and putting the health of babies from low income families at risk, clinical experts and campaigners have warned.

Leading doctors and nurses, including the Royal College of Midwives and the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health, have joined children’s charities in urging ministers to take urgent action to ensure parents hit by the rising cost of living can access infant formula.

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