Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Conclusion 13
8th Report – Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society
Published 22 May 2026
Addressed to Department of Health and Social Care
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Conclusion (the committee's words)
The Department should assess whether the overall funding, infrastructure and training available to social prescribing are sufficient to reflect its growing role in promoting physical activity and reducing demand 43 on health services and set out how it will ensure social prescribing is consistently embedded, prioritised and supported across the health system. (Recommendation, Paragraph 48)
From: Health and Social Care Committee, 8th Report – Healthy Ageing: physical activity in an ageing society (HC 1180), 22 May 2026
Government response
No government response linked yet: deadline 22 July 2026, 102 days ago.