The Pharmaceutical Journal
Vol 275 No 7378 p678
3 December 2005

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Healthy Start scheme begins

Roll-out of the Healthy Start scheme, which replaces the Welfare Food Scheme, has started in Devon and Cornwall. The new scheme will be extended throughout Great Britain during 2006. Under the new scheme, vouchers can be exchanged for milk, fresh fruit and vegetables and infant formula at any registered retailer, including pharmacies.