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# Increase in funding for local health initiatives welcomed by Lichfield MP
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/increase-in-funding-for-local-health-initiatives-welcomed-by-lichfield-mp/
- Published: 2025-02-11T08:03:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-02-11T07:50:12.000Z
- Description: Plans for an increase in funding for local health initiatives have been welcomed by Lichfield’s MP.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: Health, Politics, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:49, News

PLANS for an increase in funding for local health initiatives have been welcomed by Lichfield’s MP.

Dave Robertson said the £200million increase in the Public Health Grant was “the biggest real-terms increase in nearly a decade”.

Of that figure, £46million will be allocated to Staffordshire to help with projects such as stop smoking initiatives, addiction recovery, children’s health, sexual health clinics and school nurses.

The Labour MP said:

> “This funding will help to deliver prevention programmes, which stop people falling into ill health and relieve pressure on the NHS.   
>  
> “Prevention is better than cure and this plan is about shifting the focus of healthcare from sickness to prevention and helping people live healthier longer lives.”