Elisabetta Groppelli lead on PHE’s Ebola response on the ground in Sierra Leone. She was deployed to Sierra Leone to support Public Health England’s response efforts in fighting Ebola. During 2015 there was significant progress in the Ebola response. Yet, while the …
High blood pressure is one of the leading risk factors for premature death and disability, and can lead to stroke, heart attack, heart failure, chronic kidney disease and dementia. Conditions caused by high blood pressure cost the NHS over £2 …
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: Evaluation of the NHS Health Check programme The first national …
The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that in 2013 the number of people with dementia in England was 686,000. Without public health intervention this has been forecast to increase by 40% by 2025. Dementia may be affecting 108,700 people in the country …
Life expectancy in England has risen by more than five years in the past two decades, yet for many people, a longer life will involve more years spent in ill-health. Earlier this year, The Global Burden of Disease project – …
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: Sugar Smart app This week our Change4Life campaign launched the Sugar …
In recent months there has been a high profile outbreak of Chikungunya virus in the Caribbean, reports of invasive mosquito vectors in Paris and concerns over Zika virus emergence in the Americas. So perhaps this is a good time to …
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 …
