Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and airways. Whooping cough is sometimes known as the 100-day cough because of how long it takes to recover from it. What are …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: Nurse coaching The NHS 5 Year Forward View sets out the need for …
In England, the 5 Year Forward View sets out clearly that we need a radical upgrade in prevention and public health; people using health services need to have far greater control of their own care and the NHS should take …
One of PHE’s roles is to reduce the often large health inequalities that exist between the most deprived and the least deprived groups in England. A group suffering significant health inequalities are people in prisons and other places of detention, …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: 10 Minute shake up This week we launched the second …
This week we launched the second annual 10 Minute shake up campaign, which aims quite simply to get our children moving more. I’m delighted that we’re again working in partnership with Disney, who will help us capture the imagination of …
Violence is a public health issue. Living without the fear of violence is a fundamental requirement for health and wellbeing. This may seem like a statement of the obvious, but the public health response to violence in the UK is …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: New immunisation programmes Two new programmes will launch this summer …
This week London celebrates Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans Pride, and across the country we’ll see Pride marches and celebrations that bring together LGB&T communities, their friends, families and allies. Pride marches are often a contentious subject and there are …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: World Meat Free Day The 15th June was World Meat …
Recently we announced figures detailing the level of uptake of the NHS Health Check programme across the UK, which show that in the last year, 1.4 million eligible people have accepted the offer, an increase on the previous year by …
