↪️ That's why we will continue to push Government to prioritise UK life sciences, and support the sector in delivering its life saving research 💸

↪️A levy on higher education providers' income from international students was announced 👩‍🎓

There is some concern about the impact of this levy on research activity. We will be monitoring the situation in collaboration with the sector 🧪

↪️An additional £300 million of new capital investment will go into NHS technology, with the aim to improve productivity ⚡

While there is limited detail beneath this, we have seen promising examples of tech used effectively and safely in cardiovascular care 💻

↪️Yesterday also saw the announcement of 250 new NHS neighbourhood centres 🏥

We're hopeful that these centres will increase people's access to heart care, by bringing care closer to home ❤️

↪️The Chancellor announced the expansion of the soft drinks industry levy to milk-based and milk-alternative drinks 🥛

We are pleased to see the Government extend the existing levy, which will likely help to reduce people's sugar intake and risk of CVD 🫀

↪️ In response to the announcement, Dr Charmaine Griffiths, Chief Executive of BHF said "extending the levy to include sugary milk-based drinks is the right thing to do".

Read the full comment here👉 obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/11/25/o...

A final Committee day has been scheduled for Peers to discuss the last remaining amendments of the Bill 📜

Thank you to all Peers who have spoken in favour of the Bill so far, and we urge all Peers to keep up the support ❤️

↪️ Read the full report here! 🔎👇 tinyurl.com/yc376nta

↪️This must include effective implementation of the Healthy Food Standard, mandating healthy food sales reporting and targets for all large food businesses.

The Govt should also explore how fiscal levers could help drive reformulation and support successful implementation. ✅

↪️To effectively address the UK’s obesity challenge and reduce prevalence of diet-related illnesses including CVD, the Govt must go further to address our unhealthy food environment 🛒

↪️Action on Sugar analysed over 450 snack bars and found that:
▪️ 1 in 3 bars were high in sugar
▪️ On average, there was 7g of sugar per serving (equivalent to nearly 2 teaspoons)
▪️ Over half of snack bars were high in saturated fat

↪️ Responding to the Men's Health Strategy for England’s publication, Dr Charmaine Griffiths, Chief Executive of the @thebhf.bsky.social, said:

BHF's Clinical Director, Sonya Babu-Narayan said:

However, we are concerned about the rise in average ambulance response times, leaving too many people waiting too long for time-critical treatment 🚑