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Exercise: Older People

Commons · Question 51549 · Tabled 12 May 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 15 May 2025

Question

Asked by Andrew Snowden

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce physical inactivity in older people.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 15 May 2025

The Government and the National Health Service recognise that prevention will always be better and cheaper than treatment. Reducing physical inactivity in people of all ages, including in older people, is important in helping people live longer, healthier...