This week we launched the dedicated online dashboard of cancer-related information. Released alongside the Cancer Strategy Implementation Plan, it was developed by PHE and NHS England to meet recommendation number 1 of the Independent Cancer Taskforce Report published last July. …
Today (May 12) is International Nurses’ Day and I’d like to use this as an opportunity to talk about the role nurses and midwives play in prevention and improving health – particularly with regard to tackling obesity. Obesity is a …
Welcome to the fifth edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. This edition focuses on giving every child the best start …
We hope that through the breadth of ‘Health Matters - giving every child the best start in life’ content, we have made the case for investment of time and money in early years services (from pregnancy to age 2) but …
GOV.UK launched in 2012 to enable the public and professionals to interact with the Government using one website. By 2014, more than 300 government executive agencies and arm’s length bodies also moved their websites onto the platform. It now provides …
This week was European Immunisation Week, organised by the World Health Organisation, with a call to action for all nations to "Prevent. Protect. Immunise". Immunisation is a particularly timely topic as we're currently seeing a measles outbreak in London, so promoting the MMR …
