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The Health and Social Care Secretary made a statement to the House of Commons on puberty-suppressing hormones.
Existing emergency measures banning the sale and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones will be made indefinite, following official advice from medical experts.
Junk food ads to be banned from October 2025 with final details unveiled today.
Votes on the world-leading Tobacco and Vapes Bill will move the UK one step closer to becoming smoke-free.
Ministers hear from families, public bodies and charities to tackle issues including wages, work and welfare and help those most in need.
The continuation of the ban applies to the sale or supply of these drugs to under 18s not already taking them.
Letter giving local authorities notice of a grant to help with costs of data returns.
Local leaders laid bare the stark challenges that must be overcome to tackle child poverty in their communities when they met with the new Child Poverty Taskforce today [Thursday 19 September].
Ofsted, CQC, HMICFRS and HMI Probation undertake a programme of thematic joint targeted area inspections (JTAI) and the inspectorates have today published guidance for their thematic focus on domestic abuse.
Temporary ban on prescription and supply of puberty blockers extended.
Urgent work on tackling one of Britain’s biggest social injustices begun yesterday [Wednesday 14 August] as the government’s Child Poverty Taskforce met for the first time.
The Prime Minister has appointed leads of a new ministerial taskforce to begin work on the Child Poverty Strategy.
A national respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine programme protecting infants and elderly people will save lives in the UK.
New regulations restrict the prescribing and supply of puberty-suppressing hormones to children and young people under 18.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Statement to Parliament from Health Minister, Andrea Leadsom, at the second reading of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty writes for The Guardian on smoking addiction and MPs' historic opportunity to vote on the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
MPs to vote on legislation to create first smokefree generation, protecting young people turning 15 this year or younger from harms of smoking.
As delivered by Rt Hon Victoria Atkins MP, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care.
The Chief Nursing Officers and Senior Midwives of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have spoken out in support of the Tobacco and Vapes Bill.
Consultation launched on proposals to expand scheme to 1.6 million more people to help tackle tooth decay.
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