NHS to help create 'healthy new towns'

[annie]

Ten new housing developments in England are to be built with healthy living in mind, under an NHS scheme.

Clinicians, designers and technology experts will work together to create the "healthy new towns".

Plans include homes with virtual access to GP services, safe green spaces to play and fast-food-free zones around schools.

The money to build the developments will come from council budgets and private partners rather than the NHS.

The places earmarked to test the ideas include existing villages in the South West, London and the North West and two new developments in Cambridgeshire and Darlington.

Some of the developments are already being built, but others will not be completed until 2030.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-35687296

[Rosalind]

That sounds interesting.

[maureenho]

[wendy]

How wonderful for children to play outside again, if the scheme works.
I sincerely hope it does.