Reducing health inequalities is at the heart of public health and PHE’s priorities.
Dear everyone Promoting and maintaining good mental health is something for all of us. We can all help make a difference and work in ways that reduce the stigma still attached to mental illness, improve the health and lives of …
Today is International Overdose Awareness Day (IOAD), a global event held on 31st August every year.
When the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published last year, it signalled that a step change was needed to prevent mental health problems.
Deciding to attend a cervical screening (smear test) appointment can be a difficult decision. Screening is very much a personal choice, and it’s important that women feel fully informed and comfortable with making the decision.
Welcome to the latest edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for local authorities and health professionals, which for this edition focuses on the decline in cervical screening attendance in England and outlines what can be done to boost screening coverage.
Dear everyone In 1962 the Smoking and Health study by the Royal College of Physicians laid out to the public and politicians the true harms of smoking for the first time. It stated that about 70% of men and 40% …
A faith centre working to improve the health and wellbeing of the community is not a new concept, from the earliest days of Islam we find the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ Mosque in Medina was a community meeting place, a centre …
Dear everyone No one will have missed the news coverage of the tragedy unfolding in Freetown in Sierra Leone, with hundreds of people including children losing their life in a landslide caused by severe flooding. PHE remains in Sierra Leone …
The ONS has published the latest figures for drug-related deaths in England and Wales, covering all deaths registered in 2016.
