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COMMUNITY

Minimum income guarantee for disabled adults to rise 7%

By Lee Peart 18 February 2026

The amount that working age adults must keep after paying for home care will rise by 7% from April 2026.

COMMUNITY

Children in deprived areas three times more likely to have tooth extraction

By Lee Peart 17 February 2026

Children in deprived areas are three more times more likely to have decay related tooth extraction compared with those in the most affluent areas, new figures have revealed.

ESTATES

Health minister opens community diagnostic centre

By Lee Peart 17 February 2026

Health minister Karin Smyth has opened Camborne and Redruth Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) in Cornwall.

SOUTH EAST COAST AMBULANCE SERVICE

Community x-ray service in Surrey 'first of its kind'

By Liz Wells 16 February 2026

A collaboration between South East Coast Ambulance Service (SECAmb) and Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals is bringing emergency X-ray services to the homes of patients – a first of its kind for a UK...

PREVENTION

Young people's mental health services receive funding boost

By Lee Peart 16 February 2026

Early Support Hubs providing mental health support for young people are to receive a £7m funding boost.

COMMUNITY

Welsh Government to roll out rapid diagnostic testing for bacterial infections in primary care

By Liz Wells 16 February 2026

Rapid testing for bacterial infections is being rolled out in community pharmacies and GP surgeries across Wales.

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT

Scotland's first new GP walk-in service opens

By Liz Wells 11 February 2026

First Minister John Swinney has opened the first of a new network of GP walk-in services in Edinburgh.

OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL

From coffee mornings to community health

09 February 2026

Rethinking public health through relationships, by Ansaf Azhar, Oxfordshire County Council’s director of public health and communities

MATTHEW TAYLOR

Mental health in crisis

09 February 2026

The mental health crisis has major implications not just for the NHS but for economic dynamism, social cohesion and the well-being of citizens and communities, writes Matthew Taylor is chief execut...

ONEADVANCED

Rethinking digital access in primary care

09 February 2026

Ric Thompson, senior vice-president of health & care at OneAdvanced, discusses the dispute between the BMA’s GP Committee for England and the Government over the push for continuous online access