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Speech problem children 'invisible to GPs'

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Front-line cuts are leaving parents of children with speech and language problems struggling to get assistance.

That's according to the report published by Jean Gross at the end of her time as Communication Champion for Children, who told the Today programme's Evan Davis that changes to the NHS and a rise in the number of children being diagnosed with difficulties means children won't get the help they need.


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