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: Being vigilant for new tick species Why would we need …
For International Women’s Day, we’re blogging in support of the Department for Work and Pensions Not Just for Boys campaign. The campaign is all about choice - supporting and inspiring women to make decisions that are right for them …
As part of our remit for protecting public health in England, we run a ‘Tick Recording Scheme’ (TRS) which receives ticks found by members of the public, GPs, vets and those working with wildlife. This enables us to map tick …
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: Child health data Through our work leading the National Child …
The 28 February 2015 marks the 8th International Rare Disease Day, the aim of which is to raise awareness amongst policy makers and the public about rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives. There are over 6000 recognised rare conditions and in …
Over the years, we in PHE have had many requests for data for small geographical areas, particularly for electoral wards. Through our work leading the National Child and Maternal (ChiMat) Health Intelligence Network we have seen that while those working …
Traditional Chinese New Year celebrations, also known as the Spring Festival, start on 19 February 2015 (the Chinese Year of the Goat). The Spring festival is the longest and most important festival in the Chinese calendar, lasting for fifteen days. …
Tackling the Ebola epidemic in West Africa and making sure the NHS is prepared for any possible cases in the UK is our best defence against Ebola.
In Jan 2015, the Department of Health (DH) and Public Health England (PHE) announced that ‘responsibility for public health nursing and midwifery leadership will transfer to PHE from April, replacing the current joint arrangement between us both. The new arrangements …
Communities, both in the sense of place and in social groupings, are a fundamental resource for health and wellbeing. Good social connections and supportive relationships with friends and family are known to be vital, but so is having a voice …
