I love my job. For ten years I have worked at Public Health England (PHE) and its predecessor, the Health Protection Agency, responding to major public health emergencies including the ebola outbreak and the Novichok poisoning. There is nothing more …
This week our Chief Executive's message covers shielding for the extremely vulnerable people at highest risk from coronavirus, the many volunteers that have signed up to support the NHS, and the results of the 2019 Civil Service People Survey.
This week our Chief Executive's message covers the social distancing measures set out by the Prime Minister, our approach to scaling up UK testing capacity is to use both antigen and antibody testing, and the Public Health Grant allocations for local authorities for 2020/21.
This week our Chief Executive's message covers the COVID-19 delay phase and our new tracking dashboard, No Smoking Day, and new funding to expand drug and alcohol treatment for people experiencing rough sleeping.
As we start to see more coronavirus cases in the UK, and more widespread community transmission of the virus, further measures to reduce the contact people have with each other may be needed. In this blog we explain what these measures, sometimes referred to as social distancing, mean.
As more cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) appear in the UK, we outline 5 things you can do to protect yourself and your community.
This week our Chief Executive's message covers COVID-19, the 10 year review of Michael Marmot's Health Equity in England report, and the PHE Public Mental Health Summit.
Ten years on from his original report, Michael Marmot and the Institute of Health Equity have published the 'Marmot review 10 years on' report. In this blog we look at some of the work PHE is doing to reduce health inequalities, including the developing priorities set out in our new 5-year strategy for 2020-2025.
This week our Chief Executive's message covers COVID-19, tobacco harm, mumps, Year of the Nurse and Midwife, and our new Start4Life campaign.
COVID-19 - In this blog, we will explain what self-isolation is, why it is important, and which groups are currently being advised to self-isolate.
