Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
Being active is essential for good health and it’s often said that “if physical activity were a drug, we’d talk about it as a miracle cure.” To mark the launch of the latest stage of the One You Active10 campaign, …
This week is learning disability week and the focus in on how people with learning disabilities are treated when they are in hospital.
There are many compelling reasons to regard work and worklessness as important public health issues both at local and national level. For us as individuals, good work is better for our health than being out of work. Having a decent …
This is the final blog in our sexual health commissioning blog series, focusing on the last two stages of the commissioning cycle: ‘doing’ and ‘reviewing’.
Suicide has a devastating impact on families, friends, communities and work colleagues.
This week is Dementia Action Week – an important time to raise awareness of dementia, a progressive and ultimately fatal disease that many people have been touched by in some shape or form. Around 850,000 people are living with dementia …
Children are currently consuming more than double the recommended daily intake of sugar. Consuming too much sugar is among the main causes of too many children leaving primary school overweight or obese and suffering with tooth decay. Whilst much of the …
Childhood obesity is a national crisis and a leading cause of ill health and premature death – in England, one in three children are overweight or obese by the time they leave primary school. Obese or overweight children are more …
This is the second in a series of three blogs exploring each stage of the sexual health commissioning cycle. It will focus on the first two stages of the cycle: analysing and planning. It is essential to spend time on …
Too many children experience the pain and discomfort of tooth decay. Not only does this cause difficulties eating, smiling and sleeping, this sometimes results in teeth being removed under general anaesthetic. Latest figures from PHE reveal a child in England …
