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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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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.

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'Life-changing' therapies to be routinely available on NHS

By Lee Peart 14 May 2026

‘Life-changing’ muscle-wasting condition spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) therapies are to be routinely available to children on the NHS.

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Six people from hantavirus cruise ship return home to isolate

By Lee Peart 14 May 2026

Six passengers from the hantavirus cruise ship who were taken to Arrowe Park Hospital in Merseyside on Sunday are returning home or to other suitable accommodation to isolate.

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