Earlier this month we hosted our fifth annual cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention conference – Getting Serious About CVD Prevention 2018 – with a focus on the world leading NHS Health Check. This year’s conference was attended by over 450 delegates …
This blog is part of Disease Detectives, a series which showcases PHE science. This piece comes from our Emerging Infections and Zoonoses team and was written by PHE epidemiologist Jennifer Lloyd.
Not surprisingly, there are lots of inaccuracies and misconceptions about e-cigarettes and vaping. This blog looks at some of the most common myths and provides the facts.
We have previously written about the focus that Public Health England is putting on making the economic case for prevention and this is manifesting itself practically through the development of a series of Return on Investment (RoI) Tools for locals …
This post was published in 2018 when Public Health England had responsibility for health advice relating to e-cigarettes. For the most recent information please visit the NHS website or search for the topic on the gov.uk website. Following the recent …
We are often asked why the data we publish in the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF) webtool is not current. For example, in early 2018, why is 2015 the latest data we have available on under 18 conceptions and 2016 …
Safeguarding children and young people is about ensuring that their welfare is looked after. This includes keeping them safe from harm, abuse and maltreatment, and that they grow up with safe and effective care.
As we approach the end of Child Mental Health Week, we reflect on the Government and PHE’s commitment to improve young people’s mental health. Around half of all mental health problems start before the age of 14 and we know …
You don’t have to dig too deep into the statistics to see how homelessness affects public health, but it can be difficult to work out what to do about it.
Dear everyone, E-cigarettes are controversial but with nearly three million people using them, sitting on the fence on this was never an option. The key thing is to compare the harm of an e-cigarette with smoking tobacco rather than comparing …
