Protecting the country's health
Posts relating to PHE Priority 3: Protecting the country's health
There’s a simple reason vaccination is so important - it prevents disease and saves lives. And in terms of disease prevention, only clean water (also considered to be a basic human right) performs better. This week is European Immunisation Week, …
For European Immunisation Week we asked David Green, Public Health England’s immunisations nurse expert, to give us answers to some of the questions he gets asked the most. 1. What vaccines are available free on the NHS? The vaccines available …
Have you read our ‘10 reasons you should be worried about antibiotic resistance’ blog? Well, here are 7 more reasons all equally worthy of your concern. Antibiotics are essential for treating many infections but they’re losing their effectiveness. Bacteria are …
#AntibioticGuardian Twitter chat - Thu 19 Nov 8pm-9.30pm As part of the Antibiotic Guardian campaign, Public Health England is hosting a Twitter chat. We hope this chat will raise awareness of the growing problem of antibiotic resistance as well as providing an …
Whichever way you look at it, data around vaccines is both fascinating and inspiring. Immunisation programmes are one of the world’s public health triumphs with many millions of lives saved since the first vaccines were introduced. In this blog we …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ce5wNNS2A Integrated winter campaign: our greatest drive ever This Autumn, along with Department of Health and NHS England, we launched our greatest drive ever to help people stay well through our joint Stay Well this Winter campaign. Resources to drive …
Antibiotic resistant bacteria - bacteria that can no longer be killed by our drugs - is one of the biggest health challenges the world faces. The problem is caused by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, which means we all have …
When we think about antibiotics, we think about how they help us recover from illness, or visits to the GP to get a prescription for ourselves or our children. We think of a medication readily available to help us fight …
As part of activities for the Public Health England led Antibiotic Guardian campaign, we are hosting a series of roadshows for healthcare professionals and debates for the public so we can hear directly from you. Antibiotic Guardian is an important …
Later this month we're relaunching Antibiotic Guardian. This ongoing campaign first launched in September 2014 and encourages members of the public and healthcare professionals to make a pledge to state how they will personally help to conserve our antibiotics. Antibiotic Guardian is …