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Welsh government seeks views on healthy food for primary schools

By Liz Wells 20 May 2025

The Welsh Government has launched a consultation on proposals that will see primary school menus increase fruit and vegetables, limit sugary desserts and fried foods, in line with UK dietary guidel...

PREVENTION

Number of frontline NHS staff receiving flu jabs hits record low

By Liz Wells 19 May 2025

A record low of frontline health service staff took up flu jabs this winter, with some areas seeing less than one in 10 receive the vaccine, new data reveals.

NHS ENGLAND

NHS drive aims to find undiagnosed infected blood patients

By Liz Wells 19 May 2025

All new patients registering at GP practices will be asked if they had a blood transfusion before 1996, as part of an NHS drive to find undiagnosed patients affected by the contaminated blood scandal.

PREVENTION

Government extends mental health support for school children

By Liz Wells 16 May 2025

The government's school mental health support rollout is to reach up to 900,000 more pupils this year, official figures reveal.

OBESITY

Digital 'smart scale' technology helping thousands of obese children

By Liz Wells 13 May 2025

Thousands of severely obese children are being supported to lose weight and live healthier lifestyles with the roll-out of specialist NHS clinics and new digital ‘smart scale’ technology to deliver...

UK GOVERNMENT

Government confirms roll out of scanners to support better bone care

By Liz Wells 12 May 2025

The government has confirmed the roll out of 13 new DEXA scanners in England, which will enable 29,000 extra bone scans to be delivered each year.

PREVENTION

MPs call for Gambling Act review

By Lee Peart 08 May 2025

The Health and Social Care Committee has urged the Government to tackle gambling-related harms.

NICE

NICE updates guidance to help cut falls and related hospital admissions

By Liz Wells 02 May 2025

Personalised assessments that consider factors, including the hazards in a person’s home and their previous medical history, will help reduce falls in older and at-risk people, according to updated...

HEALTH INEQUALITIES

Inquiry to examine how digital access shapes health outcomes

By Liz Wells 02 May 2025

The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) is to lead a new inquiry to examine how digital exclusion is shaping health outcomes, and what must change to ensure digital transformation in healthcare does not...

NICE

NICE approves use of endometriosis pill

By Liz Wells 01 May 2025

A new daily pill for endometriosis has been approved for use on the NHS, which could help over a thousand women in England every year manage the symptoms of the condition.