Making the workplace a safe space to be LGB&T
Being yourself at work is key to being able to achieve both your personal and professional potential.
Health and Wellbeing
Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
Learning more about what keeps young people safe and well
Protecting the health of young people is vital and to do this we need to understand as much as possible about the issues young people are facing. To help with this, we’ve published three new reports which focus on what …
Our ambition for a Smokefree nation is in sight
New data on smoking prevalence among adults (18+) in England for 2016 show the biggest drop in a decade with the rate falling to 15.5% of the population, a 1.4 percentage point drop from 16.9% the previous year. But what …
Changing the obesity landscape – 5 ways we’re taking on one of the nation’s biggest health problems
Obesity is one of the greatest contributors to early death and disability in England and nearly a third of children are at risk of poor health in later life due to their weight.
Workplace opportunities to prevent and treat poor mental health
Depression is now the leading cause of ill health and disability worldwide, affecting people of all ages, from all walks of life, in all countries.
Expert interview: New guidelines for industry on the sugar reduction programme
As part of our sugar reduction programme we’ve published new guidelines for the food industry demonstrating how they can remove 20% of the sugar in nine categories of food which contribute the most to children’s intakes.
What does our first National Childhood Measurement Programme tracking report tell us?
As part of our work on the National Childhood Measurement Programme (NCMP), we’ve followed the anonymised records of more than 33,000 children from Reception to Year 6 in four local authorities.
Smokefree NHS - troubleshooting tips for hospitals
Over recent months we’ve been speaking to NHS trusts at different stages of the journey to becoming tobacco-free. Implementing smokefree grounds is something that some have struggled with, but there are useful learnings out there too. A tobacco-free NHS is …
Getting active for better musculoskeletal health
Musculoskeletal conditions affect over 10 million people and are the leading cause of disability in England, according to the Global Burden of Disease project – an international study ranking the diseases and risk factors that cause death and disability. For …
Preparing to be a tobacco-free trust – learnings from two hospitals in East Anglia
In November 2016, I wrote to the chief executive of every NHS trust in England, calling for their personal commitment to work with PHE towards a truly tobacco-free NHS. We're delighted that Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospital …