Professor Mark Mon-Williams: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- School of Psychology, University of Leeds
- Quoted on
- Children's health
- Tracked press citations
- 5
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“Young people were neglected through the pandemic, and this report shows just how harmful this has proved to the mental wellbeing of the next generation.”
What Professor Mark Mon-Williams has said
“We have got to act at pace or we will fail the next school generation.”
Chair in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Leeds and Professor of Psychology at the Bradford Institute of Health · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Inactivity and inequality fuelling children's health crisis in the North ↗
“The reality is if you are born near Bradford Royal Infirmary, you are likely to die 10 years earlier than if you were born in Wharfedale. This is unacceptable in the UK in 2025.”
Bradford Institute of Health Research · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Life expectancy for children in Bradford varies by a decade ↗
“The number of children with rotten teeth is a powerful indicator of the wider decay in child wellbeing that is affecting millions of young lives across the UK. This report shows that we can make progress when health, education, and policy work hand in hand. We must now ensure these efforts to improve outcomes for all children reach every community. Good oral health is one of the essential components needed if we are to give every child the best chance to achieve and thrive in school and beyond.”
Professor who edited the report series · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Children’s dental health still very poor despite interventions ↗
“If we are serious about giving every child a fair chance and creating a productive workforce, then we must recognise that creativity is not a luxury for affluent pupils but an essential component of healthy development that needs to be available for all children.”
Editor of the report series · Children's health · 30 Sept 2026 · Improving children’s wellbeing through the arts ↗
Where Professor Mark Mon-Williams has been quoted
- Children needing NHS mental health care rises by 11% in a yearleeds.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Inactivity and inequality fuelling children's health crisis in the Northleeds.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Life expectancy for children in Bradford varies by a decadebbc.co.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Children’s dental health still very poor despite interventionsleeds.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
- Improving children’s wellbeing through the artsleeds.ac.uk · 30 Sept 2026
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