Posts relating to PHE Priority 2: Reducing the burden of disease
The Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, and the Managing Director of the IMF, Christine Lagarde, both made important contributions recently to the debate on the importance of addressing inequality. They spoke about how inequalities are leading to …
Some sections of society have poorer health than others. Most strikingly, people from the most affluent areas of the country will have almost 20 more years of healthy life than those in the most disadvantaged areas. This is a central …
A key aspect of PHE’s vision is the recognition that our work on improving and protecting health and on reducing health inequalities is best done in partnership with others: no one organisation can deliver in isolation our society’s ambitions for …
This post was published when Public Health England had responsibility for health advice relating to e-cigarettes. For the most recent information please visit the NHS website or search for the topic on the gov.uk website. Smoking is England’s biggest killer, …
I remember vividly my first big project as a public health trainee. It was a review of orthopaedic services in Gwent, South Wales, where many of the Welsh Valley areas were (and remain) home to significant levels of deprivation and …
This week marks Mental Health Awareness Week, with a focus on anxiety. New research from the Mental Health Foundation finds that anxiety is more common than many realise but the good news is that anxiety can be effectively managed if …
Those of you watching your TV tonight won't be able to miss our new advert marking the launch of a new national campaign on Dementia Friends as it gets broadcast across 40 channels simultaneously. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LfrnWrpPq54 At the centre of the advert is …
How do we make the financial case for investing in public health? It’s an important question for Public Health England, because unless our recommendations and advice stack up economically, they are less likely to be implemented, however compelling the scientific …
Updated 28 January 2019 Cervical screening can be a complicated area to understand – especially for a young woman who has to decide whether or not to attend her first screening appointment. Even for a woman who has been screened …
I certainly think so. There are over 80,000 allied health professionals (AHPs) working across the NHS, local government, education, private and voluntary sector organisations in England. This is equivalent to at least a million contacts with the public each week. …
