Vitamin D

(asked on 30th December 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans he has to help increase the intake of vitamin D during winter months among (a) the general public and (b) people with health vulnerabilities in 2021; and if he will make a statement.


Answered by
Jo Churchill Portrait
Jo Churchill
Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
This question was answered on 11th January 2021

During the autumn and winter months everyone in the United Kingdom is advised to take a supplement of vitamin D every day to support general health and in particular for bone and muscle health.

A Public Health England marketing campaign ran throughout December 2020 to raise awareness of this advice. The campaign targeted those over 50 years old as well as black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) groups as two key vulnerable audiences. These groups were reached via advertising on social media and websites, as well as by messages delivered by healthcare professionals on popular BAME radio stations.

In addition, those on the clinically extremely vulnerable list and those in residential and nursing care homes in England have been offered free vitamin D supplements for the winter by the Government.

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