Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
...screening invite comes with information to help a woman decide whether or not to attend and there’s also plenty of information online too. So what is cervical screening? What cervical...
...contributed to reductions in admissions due to falls in the home of 32 per cent, falls in residential institutions of 27 per cent and falls in the street of nearly...
...the international average. And within the country, physical activity and inactivity vary by region, by socio-demographic, by disability and by ethnicity. Physical inactivity levels (key local authority areas - England)...
Yesterday, NICE published public health guidance on contraceptive services for young people, which will be a valuable new resource for local teams looking to deliver tailored sexual health services at convenient locations for under 25s, which provide easy access to …
The proportion of HIV-positive diagnosed women passing (transmitting) their infection to their babies in the UK is now at its lowest ever level, having dropped four-fold in 10 years. In 2000-2001 the percentage of women diagnosed with HIV who transferred the …
Health and wellbeing boards up and down the country are leading local efforts to reduce premature mortality, helping people and communities move towards better health and reducing demand on hard-pressed...
Earlier this week Sally Warren blogged about how we can support personal and community-level action to help people live well with dementia. I want to consider how we can reduce the risk of developing dementia in the first place. I …
...their change at the till. Dementia Friends is an Alzheimer's Society initiative, and as part of the Prime Minister’s Challenge on dementia PHE are supporting the recruitment of one million...
...disease. Others will be told they are positive for a disease when they don’t have it (false positives). This can cause unnecessary anxiety and lead to further tests, treatment and...
Obesity can sometimes be hard to spot, even though it’s all around us. Take parents, who think their child is about the right weight, even when the child is actually overweight or obese – this happens to nearly one in …
