Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
Tackling drug use in prisons is important for addressing a range of criminal justice and health outcomes, including improving prisoner health, reducing drug-related offending and reoffending. It also serves to protect communities; lowering public health risks from blood borne viruses …
2015 was a busy year. I wanted to reflect on some of the many highlights of our national work in improving health and promoting wellbeing. This blog captures just some of the fantastic work being done by health and wellbeing …
An important aspect of my role is to embed the promotion of mental health and the prevention of mental health problems throughout PHE’s work. Often this means working closely with other teams in PHE, encouraging them to do some things …
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 …
The NHS England Five Year Forward View and Public Health England’s From Evidence into Action highlight the need to focus on a preventative approach to improve population health and wellbeing and to ensure health and social care costs remain affordable. PHE …
The John Lewis Christmas ad has become synonymous with the start of the festive season, along with Black Friday sales and twinkly lights along local high streets. This year the company partnered up with Age UK for its Man on …
Today is World AIDS Day, an opportunity for people around the world to come together in the fight against HIV, support those living with the virus and remember those who have died from HIV and AIDS. Our understanding of HIV …
This week is National HIV Testing Week, when people at high risk of HIV are encouraged to get tested to protect their own health and make them less likely to unknowingly pass the virus on to their sexual partners. The …
Did you know that an estimated 8.5% of women and 4.5% of men have experienced domestic violence in the last year, in England and Wales? Domestic violence has serious and prolonged impacts on physical and mental health for those enduring violence, …
Eight young people are set to ‘take over’ this month’s board meeting at Public Health England (PHE), sharing their views and, no doubt, posing some challenging questions. This is a great opportunity for us to hear from young people …
