23/03/2022 - 09:42
Councils have warned of public health workforce shortages and staff exhaustion concerns given a rise in coronavirus community transmission rates.
21/03/2022 - 10:02
Sadiq Khan has said that the majority of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry recommendations directed at London Fire Brigade have now been completed.
17/03/2022 - 16:12
Michael Gove has unveiled new measures to help improve the lives of people in Blackpool by turning the tide on deprivation.
16/03/2022 - 09:36
The House of Lords COVID-19 Committee has called for improved resilience and preparedness for a volatile and uncertain future.
09/03/2022 - 08:03
The Local Government Association has said that the government should cut VAT on the sale of vaping products to help people to stop smoking.
07/03/2022 - 10:03
Three out of five women say their caring responsibilities are preventing them from applying for a new job or promotion.
02/03/2022 - 10:37
New analysis shows air pollution contributed to over 1,700 hospital admissions for asthma and COPD between 2017 and 2019.
01/03/2022 - 11:03
The coronavirus pandemic had a significant impact on older people approaching local authorities for social care support.
23/02/2022 - 12:51
The Health Foundation has called for the government to take stronger action to tackle the leading risk factors for ill health.
22/02/2022 - 09:02
All remaining domestic covid regulations restricting public freedoms are to end this week as part of the government’s Living with Covid Plan.
21/02/2022 - 09:31
Councils have stressed that the government must continue to provide funding for local public health teams to manage coronavirus outbreaks in their areas.
21/02/2022 - 09:03
The NHS has announced that two new gambling clinics will open in England this year to meet increasing demand for specialist support for gambling addiction.
10/02/2022 - 09:37
The overwhelming majority of unpaid carers believe that ‘successive governments have ignored the needs of unpaid carers for a long time’.
09/02/2022 - 12:45
New analysis of national data has found that the proportion of smokers living in poverty is highest in the north and Midlands.
07/02/2022 - 09:26
The Children’s Commissioner for England has claimed that children’s access to specialist NHS mental health services remains ‘a postcode lottery’.
