Health and wellbeing topics
England: free vitamin D supply over winter for the clinically vulnerable
Care home residents and people on the ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ list (2.7 million people in total) are being offered free vitamin D supplements over winter by the government.
Scotland: first country in the world to make period products free
Scotland has become the first country anywhere to provide free period products to ‘anyone who needs them’.
England: Royal report on rise in parental loneliness, plus more support needed
Only 10% of expectant parents took time to look after themselves before their baby was born, a third expect Covid to have a negative impact on their wellbeing, and parental loneliness increased from 38% to 63% during the pandemic.
