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LGA calls for national strategy on health inequalities

The Government is being urged to introduce a national health inequalities strategy to tackle England’s widening health gap, in a new report from the LGA.

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Soaring demand for health visitors – survey

by The Editorial Team

A survey by the Institute of Health Visiting has found an increase in complex needs among families, alongside a severe shortage of health visitors and significant disparities in service provision.

Health prevention ‘is not a luxury’ – LGA

by The Editorial Team

Better targeting of existing money spent on health prevention could deliver an extra £11 billion annual return on investment, according to the NHS Confederation.

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LGA calls for men’s health strategy

by The Editorial Team

Men in England are facing “a silent health crisis”, dying nearly four years earlier than women, while suffering disproportionately higher rates of cancers, heart disease and type 2 diabetes.

ICSs ‘should focus on health promotion’

by The Editorial Team

An independent review of integrated care systems (ICS) has called for a shift in focus and resources from treating illness to promoting health.

Call for ministers to ‘recommit’ to sugar levy

by The Editorial Team

Councils are calling for the Government to recommit to the sugar levy, after the University of Cambridge published one of the first long-term studies into its effectiveness.