The UK is proposing plain packaging for vapes, limiting device colours to white, black, or grey, and restricting flavour names to deter children from vaping. A 12-week consultation has been launched on these measures.
Wes Streeting's 22-month tenure as UK Health Secretary, marked by claims of NHS recovery, is criticized for lacking substance in addressing key challenges like cancer treatment waits, social care, and implementation of a 10-year health plan.
Athlete and sport bodies call for rethink after health and education departments each propose £60m funding cutsMo Farah and more than 70 leading UK sporting bodies have demanded the government rethink potential £120m cuts to school sports in England, after a clash between two departments over the funding.The Guardian reported earlier this year that the Department of Health and Social Care had intended to cut its entire £60m contribution to school sports, though ministers have since said they intend to rethink the level of cuts. Continue reading...
