In this blog, we will explore the role of pathogen genomics in UK biosecurity and how we are developing our genomic systems to better protect public health in the UK.
It’s been a big week for Public Health England. Last Monday we launched our brand new health campaign One You. The response so far has been fantastic and we have been delighted to see such a positive reaction in the media, …
One You This week we launched One You - a new campaign to help adults across the country avoid future diseases caused by modern day life. Read Kevin Fenton's blog on how the campaign aims to be a step towards better health …
Global urbanisation has occurred at an eye-watering rate over the past 60 years or so with some estimating that within just a few decades more than 65% of the planet’s population will call a city home. With these dramatic shifts …
As budgets continue to tighten across the NHS and local government, it’s vital that we make the case for investment in prevention and early intervention. In my second blog in this four-part series, I argued that public health and prevention …
As a nation, we are living longer, but we're spending more years in ill-health. We're increasingly living with multiple conditions and services are struggling to cope with rising demand for treatment. Fifteen million people in Britain are living with a long-term …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: Rare Disease Day Rare Disease Day takes place every year on …
I wholeheartedly welcome the new guideline on community engagement published today by NICE to support the NHS, local authorities and other service providers to better engage local communities in decisions that affect their health and their lives. The new guideline …
The 29th of February will mark the 9th International Rare Disease Day, followed shortly afterwards by World Birth Defects Day on the 3rd of March. Hundreds of events to mark these two important days have been organised in over 80 …
In the first blog of this series I explained why it is so important that we make the case for investment in preventive activity, as highlighted in the NHS Five Year Forward View. If we are to ‘get serious’ about …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: Investing in prevention We published the first in a new …
