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Over 200 Best Start Family Hubs to open this week

By Lee Peart 01 April 2026

Over 200 Best Start Family Hubs are to open this week as the Government delivers on its pledge to ensure there is a hub in every council area.

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Weight loss drug to be offered to people with cardiovascular disease

By Lee Peart 01 April 2026

People with heart and circulatory disease who are overweight will be able to receive the GLP-1 drug semaglutide (Wegovy) weight management drug from this summer following approval by NICE today.

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Long term NHS waits cut by 20% for people with musculoskeletal issues

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

Long term NHS waits for people with musculoskeletal issues (MSK) have been cut by 20% in 17 targeted areas, according to the Government.

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NEET figures reveal 'real risk of lost potential' for young people

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

New analysis of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) has revealed the ‘real risk of lost potential’ for young people already facing multiple challenges, according to a thin...

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Place-based partnership to receive Sport England funding

By Lee Peart 30 March 2026

Energize Shropshire, Telford & Wrekin, on behalf of Shropshire Integrated Place Partnership (SHIPP), is to receive over £500,000 in Sport England funding to tackle inactivity and health inequalitie...

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Low vaccination rates leave London vulnerable to further outbreaks

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

The London Assembly Health Committee has warned the capital is vulnerable to further disease outbreaks due to low vaccination rates.

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Healthier choices made easier in Wales as new food rules take effect

By Liz Wells 27 March 2026

New rules to help people make healthier food choices have come into force in Wales.

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Screen time guidance for parents of under 5s

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

Guidance for parents with children under 5 has been provided by the Government.

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Partnership to target men's health in most deprived areas

By Lee Peart 27 March 2026

A £6.3m partnership between the DHSC, Movember and the People’s Health Trust will support the 10-Year Health Plan’s aim to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between the richest and poorest r...

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Scottish councils call for leisure and sport investment as prevention tool

By William Eichler 26 March 2026

Scotland's councils are calling for long-term investment in public leisure and sport, warning that short-term funding and outdated legislation are putting vital community services under serious str...

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EXCLUSIVE: Delivering sustainable change in NEET

26 March 2026

Helen Macdonald, senior clinical advisor, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies, says If the Government’s NEET strategy is to deliver sustainable change, it must be unde...