Dear everyone This week I have been in Seattle contributing to a conference celebrating a study, funded by the Gates Foundation, which started twenty years ago and has since helped transform health care policy across the globe, hugely impacting research, …
Dear everyone, This week saw more lives lost in a natural disaster in Mexico City and the UK government is heavily engaged in supporting the British overseas territories in the Caribbean in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Our …
Dear everyone, Five years in, the public health system is strong and in good shape and our annual conference this week brought together over 1500 people from every conceivable profession, discipline and organisation
Dear everyone Having a good boss is good for your health. Having a poor boss is the most common reason people leave a job and is more important to most people than levels of pay and exacting work. Being valued …
Dear everyone Promoting and maintaining good mental health is something for all of us. We can all help make a difference and work in ways that reduce the stigma still attached to mental illness, improve the health and lives of …
Dear everyone In 1962 the Smoking and Health study by the Royal College of Physicians laid out to the public and politicians the true harms of smoking for the first time. It stated that about 70% of men and 40% …
Dear everyone No one will have missed the news coverage of the tragedy unfolding in Freetown in Sierra Leone, with hundreds of people including children losing their life in a landslide caused by severe flooding. PHE remains in Sierra Leone …
Dear everyone Air pollution is the biggest environmental threat to public health in England. On Wednesday the Government published its Air Quality plan, and Local Authorities have been given a central role, with PHE tasked with providing close support. NICE …
Dear everyone Health Minister Steve Brine got to experience first-hand our science, research and development at Porton, our scientific campus in Wiltshire last week. He met with staff and learnt about the wide scope of our work from water decontamination …
Dear everyone We are a healthy nation and we are living longer and in better health. We are incredibly fortunate to have dynamic local Government leaders, with relentlessly hardworking teams and an unrivalled health system in the NHS. We have …
