Barnardo’s has warned that the government’s Health and Care Bill may mean more sick and disabled adults are discharged from hospital into the sole care of children.

New multi-million-pound funding from NHS England will enable all schools to fully support the in-school vaccination programme.

More than three quarters of local authorities were providing some form of dedicated specialist service for smokers last year.

Steve Barclay has tasked departments across government with ensuring their offices can return quickly to full occupancy.

A lack of certainty around councils’ public health funding this year risks exacerbating the growing crisis of demand for support services.

Community Vaccine Champions will be tapping into their local networks and encouraging people in their community to come forward and get vaccinated.

The government's New Better Health campaign includes a new NHS Food Scanner App to help parents improve their children's diet.

Thousands of new air filters will be introduced to protect face-to-face education and minimise disruption in the classroom.

The newly launched Better Health campaign offers free support and guidance to those working towards a healthier weight.

The government is providing an additional £60 million to local authorities to support the adult social care response to coronavirus.

An additional £22.5 million in funding and an army of vaccine ambassadors have been deployed across the country to encourage vaccine uptake.

Housing Minister Christopher Pincher has sent a letter to all local authorities in England to summarise ventilation guidance.

Boris Johnson has appointed the Rt Hon Baroness Heather Hallett DBE as chair of the forthcoming public inquiry into the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Centre for Mental Health has said that the mental health of young people has been underfunded for too long, leaving a postcode lottery of support.

Councils will need an extension to the Covid-19 outbreak funding to tackle rising Omicron cases and meet a surge in demand for local contact tracing.

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