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. What role can e-cigarettes play …
We all know that provision of healthcare varies from one hospital to another, from one GP to another and from one part of the country to another, but what causes these variations to occur? Healthcare can vary in a number …
Today at the annual PHE conference we announced new data showing that cancers in England are being diagnosed earlier. The proportion of people with cancer diagnosed as an emergency has fallen, despite a rise in the overall numbers of cases. …
"When people are unemployed, people can just assume that they are unemployable, and that is not ever the case. We take people onto a work placement and they do deliver for us an element of work. We do want to …
The 2015 PHE conference began yesterday, kicking off with keynote speeches from PHE's Chief Executive Duncan Selbie and Public Health Minister @JaneEllison. Duncan Selbie began by highlighting some of the year's major public health themes including prevention/NHS Five Year Forward View and the UK's …
Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and causes many diseases. The oral cavity is no exception. Not only does smoking cause aesthetic changes such as stained teeth but also affects the health of the mouth and gums, can …
In a time of tightened budgets, nobody underestimates the challenges local authorities face in delivering against competing but equally important public health targets and priorities. We hope that through the breadth of Health Matters tobacco content we have made the …
Welcome to PHE’s Health Matters, a new resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective (and cost-effective) interventions to tackle major public health problems. In creating Health Matters, we’ve been inspired and helped …
This Q&A blog introduces ‘GBD Compare England” a new data visualisation tool created as part of the Global Burden of Disease project. PHE’s Chief Knowledge Officer John Newton has blogged about the findings of this major piece of research and …
From the very beginning of Public Health England, we have been involved in a world-wide project to bring together the widest possible range of knowledge about health and its determinants. The Global Burden of Disease project involves more than 1,000 …
