Posts relating to PHE Priority 4: Giving children and young people the best start in life
Improving the health of our most vulnerable families is one of the most complex, but potentially rewarding challenges we face. However, it cannot be tackled in isolation. It requires services to be joined up around the family, intervening at an …
School holidays are upon us, a time for children and young people to enjoy with friends and family, a real opportunity to play, explore and generally chill! Some young people,...
...publish two documents focused on these goals this week. Firstly, the National Chlamydia Screening Programme (NCSP) has published a new report, “Components of chlamydia screening & the impact of screening...
...and for kindly sharing their knowledge for this blog and to all the children and young people who advise us. Featured image via NHS Image Library. Used under Crown Copyright....
...help us tackle the global AMR challenge. Public health support to local partners to work together is vital. One example is ‘school as place’-based work, where school nurses work closely...
...and wellbeing peer challenge. Bath and North East Somerset Council will be the first local authority to test this approach, with Peterborough and Blackpool to follow in March. A number...
Early on in our existence as Public Health England, the four PHE centre directors for the Midlands and East of England region and I discussed where we particularly wanted to...
...for population size and other variables five extra children under the age of 14 die every day. Secondly, variation in health and wellbeing outcomes between local areas highlights what good...
...take all opportunities to develop and strengthen our contribution to improved public health outcomes. Nurses are already coming forward to populate some of the strategic groups at PHE to ensure...
...In all of our work at PHE we need to understand the impact on children and young people and seek to maximise the benefits for them. The PHE priorities document...
