- 21/02/2025
- Posted by: Amanda Hack MP
- Category: News
As part of the plan to improve health outcomes, public health services will be given more money to deliver prevention programmes, tailored to their residents.
Amanda Hack MP has welcomed an increase in funding for public health services in Leicestershire, which is part of a £200 million national funding boost to the Public Health Grant. This represents the largest real-terms increase after nearly a decade of reduced spending under the previous government.
Leicestershire County Council is set to receive nearly £30 million to support essential health services, ranging from smoking cessation to children’s health, and to help fund family and school nurses, sexual health clinics, and other health services.
Amanda Hack said:
“As a passionate advocate for Public Health, and a county councillor who previously sat on the Health Scrutiny Committee for 5 years, I am delighted that we are continuing to fulfil our promise to enhance health outcomes for people across Leicestershire as part of our plan for change.
We must continue working together to deliver increased prevention-based support. This will give people better access to services and relieve pressure on more traditional care settings, enabling those who need the support of GPs or consultants to access those services. This funding will help drive key health initiatives in our community, continuing the move away from cure-lead care to preventing people from falling into ill health in the first place.
Having already met with many of our local GP practises and the North West Leicestershire GP Federation, I will continue working closely with our health teams to enhance services, continue cutting waiting lists, and improve the health of local people.”
The Government has been running a national conversation to help build a health service fit for the future and shape a new 10 Year Health Plan for England. The plan will set out how to focus on preventing sickness, not just treating it, with this investment supporting that aim.
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🚫💨 With the ban on disposable vapes now in effect (1st June), a couple of weeks ago I asked the Minister in Parliament what action is being taken at our ports and airports, including East Midlands Airport, to stop counterfeit and banned vapes from entering the UK.
This is a key step in protecting public health, especially for young people, and it's vital we have strong enforcement in place to back it up. I look forward to meeting the Minister to discuss further support that can be provided at EMA to support this important work. Watch the clip below 👇
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All you MP’s, come and join us volunteers, who do such a great job at Keeping Britain Tidy. You’ll be shocked at the amount of e-cigarettes dumped all over and they cause fires. They should never have been made in the first place.
Did you vote to kill baby’s today ?
It’s been 9 years since Jo Cox our friend and colleague was killed.
We have her coat of arms in the chamber and this for me is a reminder of her maiden speech.
‘We are far more united and have far more in common that what divides us’
#MoreInCommon
#JoCox
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How time flies just so sad!
Very sad 💔💔 Amanda, Excluded UK lost 2 more members 2 days ago 💔. Yet again the burden of being left behind during #Covid_19 became too much. 💔💔 Hardworking taxpayers losing their health, homes and very sadly lives 5 years on!
And the murderer yelled "Britain First" as he killed her. That pretty much tells you all you need to know. 😡
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