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Chief medical officer highlights health inequalities in cities

By Lee Peart 12 December 2024

Chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has highlighted the issues driving health inequalities in cities in his annual report.

UNISON

Councils urged to back National Care Service to fix 'broken' system

By Lee Peart 10 December 2024

Unison has called on councils to back its campaign for a National Care Service to fix the broken social care system.

Tuberculosis levels rise 11% in England in 2023

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the UK rose by 11% in 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

JUNK FOOD

Government sets out junk food ban legislation

By Lee Peart 03 December 2024

Junk food ad ban legislation designed to curb childhood obesity has been set out by the Government.

ASSOCIATION OF DIRECTORS OF ADULT SOCIAL SERVICES

Social care 'endangered' by 'catastrophic' national insurance increases, warns ADASS president

By Liz Wells 27 November 2024

The Government’s Budget decision to increase employer National Insurance Contributions will have ‘catastrophic consequences for millions of people drawing on care and support’, warns Melanie Willia...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Working age and lifelong disabled adults largest area of adult social care spend

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

Support for working age and lifelong disabled adults has become the largest area of expenditure in adult social care, making up 63% of the net adult social care commissioned spend in England in the...

CHILDREN

Councils call for £2.6bn investment in children's services

By Lee Peart 15 November 2024

County councils have called on the Government to invest £2.6bn in children’s services so they can invest in preventative care such as family support and children’s centres.

HEART DISEASE

'Not enough people being checked for heart disease,' watchdog warns

By Lee Peart 14 November 2024

Not enough people are being checked for cardiovascular disease (CDD), the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

COUNTY COUNCILS' NETWORK

English councils could spend £17bn on care for working age adults by 2030, says report

By Lee Peart 11 November 2024

Councils in England may have to spend £17bn on working age adults and those with a life-long disability by the end of the decade, research has warned.

OBESITY

Childhood obesity rises to almost one in 10 in first year of school

By Lee Peart 05 November 2024

Almost one in 10 children are clinically obese when they begin their first year of school, new NHS figures have revealed.

SOCIAL CARE

Care leavers should not have to pay council tax – LGA

By Lee Peart 04 November 2024

Care leavers should be exempt from paying for council tax, prescriptions, NHS dental treatment and optician costs, to help prevent them from falling into financial hardship when they leave care and...