Dear everyone You will all have seen the very welcome news from the Prime Minister this week that a settlement has been agreed for the NHS over the next five years. This is good news for patients and NHS colleagues …
Dear everyone By this point in the year, on average children in England have already exceeded their maximum recommended intake of sugar. This means that by the end of the year, they will have consumed more than double the amount …
Dear everyone On Monday, Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt gave an update to Parliament on the women who were not invited to their final breast screen. Since the announcement in May the numbers of women affected have been confirmed at …
Dear everyone A little over a year ago I wrote to the chief executive of every NHS Trust in England asking for their personal commitment to work with PHE towards a truly smokefree NHS, and have just done so again …
Dear everyone On Tuesday, we published our first independent assessment of how far the food and drinks industry has gone towards meeting the initial 5% sugar reduction challenge set out in the 2016 Childhood Obesity Plan. This is the most …
Dear everyone This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus this year is on stress, which most of us have experienced or been affected by in one way or another. For some, it comes in bouts but for …
Dear everyone Our response to the announcement made about breast screening last week has continued at great pace, with every sensitivity and the dedication needed to ensure all those affected receive advice and appropriate follow-up. The helpline is continuing to …
Dear everyone For obvious reasons there is only one matter to cover this week - the failure over many years to invite a large number of women to their final breast cancer screen. For most of us early detection and …
I am writing on a Thursday because of the Easter weekend break, which I hope will bring everyone some rest and relaxation. Today we published our annual business plan for 2018/19, which addresses the high level objectives set out in …
Dear everyone Knowing what people think of us means we can keep alive to where we can improve as well as feel good about when we get it right. We recently received the results of our latest stakeholder survey from …
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