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Preventive Medicine: Chronic Illnesses

Commons · Question 93529 · Tabled 21 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 1 Dec 2025

Question

Asked by Matt Vickers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to expand preventative health programmes in communities with high chronic-disease prevalence.

Answer

Answered by Ashley Dalton, 1 Dec 2025

Our mission is to halve the gap in healthy life expectancy between rich and poor, through the 10-Year Health Plan. Our 10-Year Health Plan sets out how a shift to prevention will deliver healthier, more prosperous lives for all, but particularly for those...