In this blog, we will explore the role of pathogen genomics in UK biosecurity and how we are developing our genomic systems to better protect public health in the UK.
This post was last checked and updated in August 2023. You may not have heard of it, but radon is a part of your life – wherever you live. Read five facts home owners should know about radon, including how it …
Neil Bentley, PHE's Head of Specialist Microbiology Technical Services, has recently travelled to Sierra Leone to help set up three new Ebola laboratories. The first opened in October and two others followed in early December last year, based across the …
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: Standardised packaging This week MPs voted in favour of introducing …
Today the Royal Society for Public Health and Public Health England published the results of our survey into how allied health professionals (AHP's) participate in healthy conversations with their clients. The results show a promising engagement in public health with …
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: Being vigilant for new tick species Why would we need …
For International Women’s Day, we’re blogging in support of the Department for Work and Pensions Not Just for Boys campaign. The campaign is all about choice - supporting and inspiring women to make decisions that are right for them …
As part of our remit for protecting public health in England, we run a ‘Tick Recording Scheme’ (TRS) which receives ticks found by members of the public, GPs, vets and those working with wildlife. This enables us to map tick …
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: Child health data Through our work leading the National Child …
The 28 February 2015 marks the 8th International Rare Disease Day, the aim of which is to raise awareness amongst policy makers and the public about rare diseases and their impact on patients' lives. There are over 6000 recognised rare conditions and in …
Over the years, we in PHE have had many requests for data for small geographical areas, particularly for electoral wards. Through our work leading the National Child and Maternal (ChiMat) Health Intelligence Network we have seen that while those working …
