The sexual health commissioning cycle: doing and reviewing
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’.
Health and Wellbeing
Posts about the work of the Health and Wellbeing directorate
Support after Suicide – Key to Suicide Prevention
Suicide has a devastating impact on families, friends, communities and work colleagues.
Dementia Action Week: Dementia and diet in the news
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 …
Sugar reduction: What about the drinks not included in the Soft Drinks Industry Levy?
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 …
The world’s first sugar reduction programme: Data challenges
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 …
Supporting sexual health commissioning: analysing and planning
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 …
Tooth decay – what is it and how do I spot it?
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 …
Supporting sexual health commissioning
One of the key findings of the review of sexual health commissioning that PHE published last August was that commissioners wanted further guidance on strategic planning and assessing need, designing and delivering interventions and monitoring and evaluation. So this week, …
Improving the health and wellbeing for women in prison
International Women's Day (IWD), which has taken place on March 8 for over a century, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. But, IWD is not only about acknowledging the barriers that women …
Looking to the future - Improving mental health outcomes for children and young people
As we approach the end of Child Mental Health Week, we reflect on the Government and PHE’s commitment to improve young people’s mental health. Around half of all mental health problems start before the age of 14 and we know …