Dear everyone People in prison experience a much higher burden of chronic physical and mental health problems than the general population. This is for a variety of reasons but one of these is because of high smoking rates. The final …
Dear everyone Firstly, I would like to warmly congratulate Matt Hancock MP on his appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and we look forward to working with him. My thanks and best wishes to Jeremy Hunt …
Dear everyone You will all be aware of the ongoing incident in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in relation to two people who have fallen ill from contact with nerve agent Novichok. Our thoughts are with the two people affected, those close to …
Dear everyone This week saw Chapter Two of the Government’s Childhood Obesity Plan published which is a bold and strong step forward. The plan aims to halve childhood obesity by 2030 through a series of new measures, based on PHE …
Dear everyone You will all have seen the very welcome news from the Prime Minister this week that a settlement has been agreed for the NHS over the next five years. This is good news for patients and NHS colleagues …
Dear everyone By this point in the year, on average children in England have already exceeded their maximum recommended intake of sugar. This means that by the end of the year, they will have consumed more than double the amount …
Dear everyone On Monday, Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt gave an update to Parliament on the women who were not invited to their final breast screen. Since the announcement in May the numbers of women affected have been confirmed at …
Dear everyone A little over a year ago I wrote to the chief executive of every NHS Trust in England asking for their personal commitment to work with PHE towards a truly smokefree NHS, and have just done so again …
Dear everyone On Tuesday, we published our first independent assessment of how far the food and drinks industry has gone towards meeting the initial 5% sugar reduction challenge set out in the 2016 Childhood Obesity Plan. This is the most …
Dear everyone This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the focus this year is on stress, which most of us have experienced or been affected by in one way or another. For some, it comes in bouts but for …
