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.
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – this time covering antimicrobial resistance – will help you and other health professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions. Where we can, we’re also committed to answering …
Last year I blogged on how there was a role for all of us in preventing suicide. The focus of this latest blog is on actions that local authorities and organisations can take to reduce suicide rates in their areas. …
January has seen us reach a significant milestone by screening our one millionth 65-year old man as part of the NHS Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Screening Programme. AAA screening detects any dangerous swelling (aneurysm) of the aorta – the main …
Tackling drug use in prisons is important for addressing a range of criminal justice and health outcomes, including improving prisoner health, reducing drug-related offending and reoffending. It also serves to protect communities; lowering public health risks from blood borne viruses …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s activity from the past year. This blog can only provide the briefest summary of some of our projects – for a more comprehensive list please refer to our weekly …
2015 was a busy year. I wanted to reflect on some of the many highlights of our national work in improving health and promoting wellbeing. This blog captures just some of the fantastic work being done by health and wellbeing …
With winter upon us, I am sitting in my living room enjoying a real fire while my gas boiler is helping to heat the rest of my home. But as I am settling down to enjoy the evening, I am …
An important aspect of my role is to embed the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental health problems throughout PHE’s work. Often this means working closely with other teams in PHE, encouraging them to do some things …
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: Health Matters - tackling antimicrobial Resistance On Thursday we launched the second …
It’s coming up to three years since Directors of Public Health and their local public health teams moved formally into local authorities. Both before and after this transition, much progress has been made towards developing creative ways of improving public …
