John Newton was appointed on 12 October 2012.
Career highlights:
- Regional Director of Public Health for NHS South Central
- Honorary Professor of Public Health and Epidemiology at the University of Manchester
- Director of Research and Development in two large NHS teaching hospitals (Southampton and Oxford)
first Director and CEO of UK Biobank
At last year’s PHE annual conference we launched Health Matters with the aim of helping local authorities and health professionals improve population health and reduce health inequalities in their local area. The transfer of public health services from the NHS …
The rising level of obesity is one of the biggest challenges that we face as a country and an important role for PHE is to advise the public - and the Government - on what constitutes a healthy diet. Of …
Welcome to the fourth edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. This edition focuses on midlife approaches to reduce the …
Welcome to the third edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. In this edition we are turning our attention to …
The Alzheimer’s Society estimates that in 2013 the number of people with dementia in England was 686,000. Without public health intervention this has been forecast to increase by 40% by 2025. Dementia may be affecting 108,700 people in the country …
Welcome to the second edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. This time we are focusing on one of …
Earlier this year a report from the Centre for Mental Health and Royal College of GPs highlighted that too many women are ‘falling through the cracks’ and not getting the help they need for mental health problems during and after …
We all know that provision of healthcare varies from one hospital to another, from one GP to another and from one part of the country to another, but what causes these variations to occur? Healthcare can vary in a number …
Welcome to PHE’s Health Matters, a new resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective (and cost-effective) interventions to tackle major public health problems. In creating Health Matters, we’ve been inspired and helped …
From the very beginning of Public Health England, we have been involved in a world-wide project to bring together the widest possible range of knowledge about health and its determinants. The Global Burden of Disease project involves more than 1,000 …
