Select committee: Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 27
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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Recommendation (the committee's words)
While we welcome the government’s recent increase to the public health grant, we remain concerned that public health teams have been left with inadequate funds to carry out preventive interventions vital to healthy ageing. The shift to prevention will require a long-term, whole-system response. As part of this shift, the government must commit to shifting resources towards preventive interventions, including an immediate commitment to restoring the public health grant to 2016–17 levels in real terms. Such an investment is proven to save money, by preventing people developing ill health and reducing demand on health services. (Recommendation, Paragraph 90) 46
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.