Healthcare Management Magazine | Prevention

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Healthy lifestyle lowers risk of dying after cancer diagnosis

By Lee Peart 27 May 2026

A healthy lifestyle is not only important for cancer prevention but may also have implications for long-term health after a cancer diagnosis, research has found.

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Free heart health tests to be offered to 100,000 workers

By Lee Peart 27 May 2026

Up to 100,000 workers are set to benefit from a free health test using a smartphone and finger-prick blood sample.

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Government acts against hidden childcare costs

By Lee Peart 27 May 2026

Education secretary Bridget Phillipson has written to the competition regulator as part of Government action to tackle hidden childcare costs.

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Tackling 'medical misogyny' must be backed with adequate funding, MPs warn

By Lee Peart 27 May 2026

The Women and Equalities Committee (WEC) has warned tackling ‘medical misogyny’ must be backed with adequate funding.

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MPs call for social media ban for children

By Lee Peart 21 May 2026

MPs have called for a social media for children alongside urgent action to curb deliberately designed addictive features.

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Children and young people facing 'barbaric' A&E waits

By Lee Peart 20 May 2026

Some children and young people in mental health crisis face ‘barbaric' waits of up to three days in A&E, according to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN).

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Recruitment boost to tackle disability work scheme backlog

By Lee Peart 19 May 2026

Nearly 500 additional staff are being recruited by the DWP to help thousands of disabled people access the Access to Work scheme.

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Call for evidence on Cross-Government mental health strategy

By Lee Peart 18 May 2026

A call for evidence has been launched on a new cross-Government mental health strategy.

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Doctors call for earlier intervention on diabetes prevention

By Lee Peart 15 May 2026

Doctors have called for earlier intervention to prevent diabetes in a breakfast panel and discussion hosted by continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) app provider Lingo by Abbott.

INEQUALITIES

Home truths

By Lee Peart 15 May 2026

Tom Prendergast, senior data analyst at The Health Foundation, explains how linking property-level housing and individual-level health data can help address health inequalities.