Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
Falling over can happen to anyone, but for older people the risk is particularly high and the consequences potentially severe, including distress, pain, injury, loss of confidence, loss of independence and mortality.
This week PHE has published two important documents about young people’s substance misuse.
After a Christmas full of feasting, drinking and general overindulging, many of us welcome the start of January as an opportunity to make positive changes for our health and lifestyle. But rather than attempting a punishing detox or buying the …
Preventing suicide is an important area of work for PHE.
The end of 2016 marks the fourth year since the creation of PHE’s health and wellbeing directorate – a dynamic period marked by many major accomplishments and new challenges.
As 2016 draws to a close it’s a good time to round up some recent developments in the battle against childhood obesity.
Fire and rescue services aren’t always one of the public sector services that come to mind when thinking about health and wellbeing, yet across the country they have been mobilising at pace to make an impact on the health of the …
In June 2015, we launched our guidance on smoking in secure mental health settings. The guidance summarised the strong evidence base relating to the harms of smoking for adults with mental health conditions and what could be practically implemented to …
This post was published when Public Health England had responsibility for health advice relating to e-cigarettes. For the most recent information please visit the NHS website or search for the topic on the gov.uk website. The number of people in …
We recently published an evidence-based resource to support local authorities, commissioners and providers to promote cognitive health in older adults aged 55 and above. This is an important issue because, whilst the fact that people are living longer lives is …
