Dear everyone This Saturday marks 10 years since Smokefree legislation brought an extraordinary change to the way we experience and enjoy pubs, clubs, restaurants and so many other public places. It was the first, and the most important, in a …
Statistics are important, but some statistics are more important than others! Today’s release of cancer survival statistics from PHE and the Office for National Statistics is one of the more important ones.
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – on the subject of “Child dental health”– 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 your …
Last week we were in Manchester for the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service’s (NCRAS) annual Cancer Data and Outcomes Conference. The conference was a huge success and we welcomed over 400 delegates from 160 different organisations. The two-day event saw …
Dear everyone First, I would like to warmly welcome the new minister for public health and primary care, Stephen Brine MP, and very much look forward to working with him. The tragic loss of life in the Grenfell Tower fire …
Protecting the health of young people is vital and to do this we need to understand as much as possible about the issues young people are facing. To help with this, we’ve published three new reports which focus on what …
This week is Learning Disability Week and the focus of this year’s week is employment. The charity sector and others are working to raise awareness of the benefits of employing people with a learning disability to help tackle the saddening …
Tooth decay can have a huge impact on a child’s life. Having decayed, missing or filled teeth is not a rite of passage that we can ignore; it can cause pain, sleepless nights, days off school and can stop children …
New data on smoking prevalence among adults (18+) in England for 2016 show the biggest drop in a decade with the rate falling to 15.5% of the population, a 1.4 percentage point drop from 16.9% the previous year. But what …
Dear everyone First, I would like to warmly congratulate the Right Honourable Jeremy Hunt MP on his reappointment as Health Secretary. Lest we forget, tobacco remains the number one killer in England and for every early avoidable death from tobacco, …
