Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 5 July 2019
This week our CEO's message includes food and drink aimed at children and young people, smoking in England and our latest 10 Minute Shake Up campaign to get children moving.
Seven things we learnt by measuring the length of cancer diagnostic pathways
In partnership with Cancer Research UK, PHE has published new data showing the secondary care diagnostic intervals for cancer patients in England diagnosed in 2014-2015. This blog outlines 7 things the data has taught us.
Pharmacy playing a pivotal role in prevention and public health
This blog explores how pharmacy teams can play a role in prevention through opportunistic interventions and commissioned services for six public health challenges.
Using open innovation and big data in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Public Health England has been awarded £5.1 million to create a virtual ‘open access’ centre, which will gather real-time patient data on resistant infections, helping clinicians understand when to use and preserve antibiotics in their treatment. Read the blog to find out more.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message 21 June 2019
This week our CEO's message includes information on the listeria outbreak, Ebola in the DRC, a new push on mental health, musculoskeletal conditions, a new population health framework for NHS trusts and water fluoridation.
What do PHE’s latest inequality tools tell us about health inequalities in England?
PHE has updated the Health Inequalities Dashboard and the Segment Tool to support national and local action to reduce health inequalities. Read this blog to find out more about how to use the tools.
New evidence on alcohol-related harm to people other than the drinker
We all know about the harmful effects of alcohol to the drinker. However, evidence is emerging for the harm caused by the drinker to their families, co-workers, the community and society.
Health Matters: Looking ahead to the health of future generations
Professor Alissa Goodman from UCL's Centre for Longitudinal Studies covers how life course research and the four national cohort studies the Centre runs is helping us understand how the health of successive generations is changing and what risks we face for the future.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 7 June 2019
Dear everyone New Chief Medical Officer and Deputy It is a pleasure to warmly welcome Professor Chris Whitty’s appointment as the next Chief Medical Officer to succeed Dame Professor Sally Davies. Chris blends a career of science, medicine and public …
Disease Detectives - How a case of MERS in England was detected, traced and treated
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PHE centres see some illnesses regularly and have well-rehearsed processes in place. But some diseases are more unusual than others, for which we must be well prepared. This blog looks at how a case of MERS in England was detected, traced and treated.