Putting healthier food environments at the heart of planning
Our local surroundings have a large impact on us and we live in an environment that can inadvertently encourage unhealthy behaviours – eating more and exercising less.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 29 June 2018
Dear everyone This week saw Chapter Two of the Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan published which is a bold and strong step forward. The plan aims to halve childhood obesity by 2030 through a series of new measures, based on PHE …
Health Matters: Reproductive health and pregnancy planning
Welcome to the latest edition of Health Matters, a professional resource, which for this edition focuses on reproductive health and pregnancy planning.
Our children can no longer wait for action on obesity
Every parent wants the best for their children; for their life chances, their health and most of all their happiness.
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 22 June 2018
Dear everyone You will all have seen the very welcome news from the Prime Minister this week that a settlement has been agreed for the NHS over the next five years. This is good news for patients and NHS colleagues …
How can health and care professionals get everybody active every day?
Campaign launches are a good way to get us all talking and thinking about our wellbeing, so it was great to see PHE’s One You campaign – and its Active 10 app - hitting the headlines earlier this month. The …
Clinical champions: Embedding physical activity into routine clinical care
Being active is essential for good health and it’s often said that “if physical activity were a drug, we’d talk about it as a miracle cure.” To mark the launch of the latest stage of the One You Active10 campaign, …
Learning Disability Week – improving hospital care
This week is learning disability week and the focus in on how people with learning disabilities are treated when they are in hospital.
Ten years on since the start of the HPV vaccine programme – what impact is it having?
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 15 June 2018
Dear everyone By this point in the year, on average children in England have already exceeded their maximum recommended intake of sugar. This means that by the end of the year, they will have consumed more than double the amount …