Coronavirus (COVID-19): Real-time tracking of the virus
Find out how PHE together with researchers at the University of Cambridge are working to regularly nowcast and forecast COVID-19 infections and deaths.
Duncan Selbie's Friday Message - 15 May 2020
This week our Chief Executive's message covers the Government's COVID-19 recovery strategy and a new Joint Biosecurity Centre, guidance for COVID-secure workplaces, antibody tests, the PHE Remit Letter for 2020-2021, and International Nurses Day.
Duncan Selbie's Friday Message - 1 May 2020
Our Chief Executive's message this week covers the expansion of the Government's COVID-19 testing programme, the recruitment of 18,000 contact tracers, a new weekly dataset on COVID-19 cases and outbreaks in care homes, and a new method of reporting daily COVID-19 deaths.
Public health nurses working for all
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Giving children and young people the best start in life, Immunisation and vaccination, Nursing
This blog highlights the work of public health nurses, health visitors, midwifes and school nurses to support children, young people and families, and provide critical public health interventions including immunisation.
Rising to the challenge in the Year of the Nurse and Midwife
In this blog Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse at Public Health England, expresses her pride in how the nursing profession is playing a vital role in providing high quality care in the most challenging circumstances.
Duncan Selbie's Friday Message - 24 April 2020
This week our Chief Executive's message covers the Test, Track and Trace programme, the COVID-19 ethnicity review, staying at home during Ramadan, and PHE's new weekly COVID-19 surveillance report and infographic.
Coronavirus (COVID-19): Using data to track the virus
One of PHE’s core functions is disease surveillance; making sure we have the right information available to us at the right time to inform decisions and actions across the public health system. In this blog we set out PHE's approach to tracking COVID-19.
Stay at home for Ramadan
Staying at home during Ramadan will play an important part in the nation’s effort to slow the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19). That’s the message from health experts and Muslim leaders as communities across England prepare to celebrate the holy month.
Duncan Selbie's Friday Message - 17 April 2020
This week our Chief Executive's message covers the Government's new action plan for adult social care and increased COVID-19 testing in social care settings, new mental health advice on PHE's Every Mind Matters platform, the new COVID-19 dashboard, and the new senior leadership arrangements for PHE's regional teams.
Duncan Selbie's Friday Message - 3 April 2020
This week our Chief Executive's message covers testing for COVID-19, new guidance that has been published on PPE, mental health and care of the deceased, a new WhatsApp chatbot tool for COVID-19 information, and the establishment of Public Health Scotland.