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The government's New Better Health campaign, including a new NHS Food Scanner App, launches today to help parents improve their children's diet.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
New Better Health campaign offers free support and guidance to those working towards a healthier weight.
A new film from the government Better Health Smoke Free campaign has been released to discuss how adult smokers can influence younger people.
The government's ten year Drug Strategy aims to tackle drugs and prevent crime, backed by the largest ever increase in funding for drug treatment.
City of Wolverhampton chosen to pilot scheme that will reward healthy behaviours through a new app.
England could be the first country in the world to prescribe medicinally licensed e-cigarettes to help reduce smoking rates.
Pilot scheme will motivate people to make healthy changes to their lifestyle.
People experiencing homelessness in England to be supported through pilot projects, backed by £16 million, to provide temporary accommodation, care and support.
Public Health England (PHE) has today published the first evidence review of gambling-related harms in England.
Stoptober is back and calling on smokers to join the 2.3 million people who have made quit attempts since the campaign’s launch 10 years ago.
Folic acid will be added to non-wholemeal wheat flour across the UK to help prevent life-threatening spinal conditions in babies.
Sajid Javid gives blood sample at Great Ormond Street for genomic sequencing programme.
PHE has launched the latest Better Health campaign to encourage adults across the nation to lose excess weight, eat more healthily and get active this summer.
The government welcomes new members to the voluntary community and social enterprise (VCSE) Health and Wellbeing Alliance.
Public Health England (PHE) has issued a warning of a sharp rise in the number of overdoses linked to people using drugs in several areas across England.
Correspondence between Imperial Tobacco UK and the Department of Health and Social Care, published under Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Correspondence between the UK Vaping Industry Association and the Department of Health and Social Care, published under Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Consultation launched to make lifesaving medicine which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose available to more frontline workers.
The government has appointed Dame Carol Black as an independent adviser on drug misuse and will publish an ambitious new drug strategy later this year.
Following consultation with industry, the government will restrict unhealthy food promotions in stores from October 2022.
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