Yesterday I spoke in Parliament about our country’s world class orchestras. These organisations are key to our ‘soft power’ and it is vital that post-Brexit they are able to tour and access talent from abroad with minimal disruption goo.gl/j1iDo5

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And just two weeks after Steve Brine MP was challenged by @clareledingham on prevention at the All-Party Parliamentary Health Group in UK House of Commons we hear that £85m is being cut from public health funding LGA Wellbeing Teeth Team Prof Claire Stevens CBE parliament.uk/business/publi…

Read what BDA has to say about the latest cuts in public health grants: bda.org/news-centre/pr… Perverse indeed to make this funding cut after Matt Hancock announced 'Prevention is better than cure' LGA Wellbeing UniteInHealth Unite_CPHVA David Munday

"Good food should be more affordable, accessible and attractive." Sustain's Ben Reynolds on BBC Breaking News comments on Professor Chris Whitty report calling for more taxation on unhealthy food & drink. Customers will support if levies are ringfenced to fund healthy eating schemes.

This is so messed up. The govt squanders £4.2 billion on Brexit, yet cuts £85 million from next year’s vital public health & preventative medicine budget. More cancer, more lung disease, more avoidable deaths. What twisted, warped priorities. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

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“We need to stop blaming individuals for getting sick and start changing our crazy food environment” Sugar’s Sick Secrets: How Industry Forces Have Manipulated Science to Downplay the Harm | UC San Francisco ucsf.edu/news/2018/12/4…

So proud to say our media spokesperson Prof Claire Stevens CBE is appointed CBE in Her Majesty's New Year's Honours list thegazette.co.uk @AlbadriSondos stephen fayle Chris Groombridge Chris Vernazza Brush DJ Chris Deery Christine Park Jason Wong Jasmine Murphy Hannah Walsh @carlycdixon

Data shows children in the UK have already exceeded the max recommended sugar intake for an 18yr old by the time they reach their 10th Birthday. Swapping some everyday food & drinks can help. Download the free Food Scanner app or search @Change4Life to find lower sugar options.

Too much sugar can lead to serious health problems like type 2 diabetes. Make a swap when you next shop! Check out the @Change4Life website for more ideas: bit.ly/2rmeDC0 #MakeASwap

Kids in England have twice as much sugar as they should! Make a swap when you next shop - Check out the @Change4Life website for healthier swap ideas.

Wow- this is fantastic- well done Matthew!!👏👍 #MakeASwap #goodforteeth #goodforgeneralhealth BSPD COHIPB @Change4Life

Children consume around 8 excess sugar cubes each day, equivalent to ca 2,800 excess sugar cubes per year. Cut out over 50 cubes of sugar by swapping to a low sugar cereal nhs.uk/change4life #childhoodobesity #breakfast

Bring a better oral #health attitude into your workplace for 2019. How much #sugar do you have in you tea/coffee through the working day? Are you frequently finding sugary products in the staff kitchen? Can you create a more tooth-friendly workplace? dentalhealth.org/sugar-in-the-w…

Press reports suggest much to welcome in NHS plan but progress will depend on having the workforce to deliver, adequate resources for public health and social care, and making a reality of shared responsibility with patients and public Matt Hancock Sarah Wollaston

Some really sad stories that I hope do not result in vulnerable groups from stopping accessing dental care. Special care dental services work with patients and families to do what is least restrictive & in individuals best interest with compassion and dignity.

Watching just 4 minutes of #junkfoodads increases a child's food consumption by 60kcal. New meta-analysis confirms the effect of screen advertising on children's dietary intake. Time for a 9pm watershed on unhealthy foods adverts on TV. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Did you know that the number of unnecessary extra sugar cubes consumed by children is enough to wrap around the world 3.5 times! @Change4Life #SugarFree #MakeASwap #RT from @PHE_uk #Shocking 😲🍫🍭🍬🌍