Care funding key to success of health plan – LGA
The NHS’s plans for health care over the next 10 years can only be fully realised if councils’ adult social care and public health services are properly funded, the LGA has warned.
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Investing in population health
We take it for granted that each generation will live longer, healthier lives than the one before.
Public health cuts: a false economy
Cancer Research UK welcomed Health and Social Care Secretary Matt Hancock’s ‘Prevention is better than cure’ vision to help people live well for longer.
Rising demand for sexual health services
The LGA has warned that record demand for sexual health services in England is putting the system under huge pressure and leaving people facing longer waits for appointments.
Child diabetes up 40%
The number of children and young people being treated for Type 2 diabetes – normally only seen in adults and often linked to obesity – has soared by around 40 per cent in just four years, to more than 700 cases, the LGA has warned.