A Strategic Agreement between the Department of Health, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector (VCS) will have the voluntary sector and charities playing a bigger role in delivering NHS and social services.

Chairperson of Deafblind UK, Dr Philip Gafga, a deafblind himself, has urged the need for society to include the deafblind in all aspects of everyday life.

A Cancer Research UK survey states that the British public is not aware of poisonous chemicals in cigarette smoke.