One of the ways we protect the public from infectious diseases like novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is contact tracing. In this blog Nick Phin, Deputy Director at PHE’s National Infections Service answers some questions about how this works.
The road ahead for the public’s health is one of great opportunity, and one we must seize with all our energy. Our CEO Duncan Selbie discusses prevention, PHE's new five year strategy and our first infection's disease strategy.
Public Health England has been awarded £5.1 million to create a virtual ‘open access’ centre, which will gather real-time patient data on resistant infections, helping clinicians understand when to use and preserve antibiotics in their treatment. Read the blog to find out more.
British Science Week is an annual ten-day event, now in its 24th year, celebrating science, technology, engineering and maths. Throughout this year’s science week, 25 PHE scientists have visited 10 schools across England to hold interactive science workshops for 1,800 …
When disaster strikes communities, it’s vital that the best possible advice is implemented to protect the health of people who live in affected areas.
Updated 19 September 2018 This week (20-23 Sep) staff from our Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards (CRCE) will be meeting the public at New Scientist Live at EXCEL London. But what is CRCE? And what does it do? Tim Gant …
Next week PHE will host our fifth annual conference at the University of Warwick. As we prepare to bring together the public health community I’m taking a look with PHE colleagues at three key topics which are at the forefront of …
