Hardship on primary schools and primary and community health care

This report asks what impact hardship is having on the delivery of services in primary schools and primary and community health care setting such as GP surgeries. It finds that services are spending resources, time, funding, emotional energy, and in some cases, whole job roles, trying to deal with the consequences of hardship. It concludes that this diverts resources and adds to demand and workloads, which has knock-on impacts on pupils, families and patients who are not directly experiencing hardship.