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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.

MHRA

Arrests made in MHRA's biggest crackdown on organised medicines trafficking

By Liz Wells 29 April 2025

Twelve suspects have been arrested in dawn raids in the largest criminal investigation into organised medicines trafficking in the history of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency...

PREVENTATIVE