There are calls for the Government to scrap planned funding cuts for initiatives that improve people's health.
Devon county council will get £1.6 million less next year for projects encouraging people to stop smoking, exercise more and cut down on drinking.
The Royal College of Nursing says this work takes a lot of pressure off the NHS.
Exeter care agency rated 'inadequate' and in special measures
Bosses at Horizon Care insist change
Raw sewage spews into Plymouth suburb estate and woods
Concerns raised for public health and wildlife in Woolwell
Councillor stands under trees to stop chainsaw massacre
Emergency preservation order now in place
Three years jail for charity box thief
And he can't eat in McDonald's for eight years
Spat over whether 'inadequate' children's services are as bad as MP suggests
Exeter's Steve Race believes they are in 'last chance saloon;
