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What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and how can you help combat it?

Campaign mascot Andi Biotic reminds us to Keep Antibiotics Working

What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and how can you help combat it?

We introduce the new campaign to Keep Antibiotics Working, fronted by our mascot Andi Biotic, and look at why we all need to be more aware of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR).

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Tackling the epidemic of non-communicable diseases

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 27 February 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease

...local government and the NHS on: public health issues (smoking, alcohol, drugs, mental health, physical activity, blood pressure control, diet and obesity, sexual health); health marketing and behavioural change; health...

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Time to be brave: nursing and midwifery's contribution to protecting health

Posted by: Joanne Bosanquet, Posted on: 24 February 2014 - Categories: Nursing, Protecting the country's health

...clean-up not to use petrol or diesel generators or other fuel driven equipment indoors, as their fumes contain carbon monoxide. PHE has published guidance to support post flooding recovery and...

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Moving on from transition

Posted by: Andrew Cooper, Posted on: 20 February 2014 - Categories: Developing our own capacity and capability

...England and whether organisational development makes a difference. A year ago the then-shadow National Executive received an initial organisational development plan with the theme 'great expectations'. Based on a series...

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Promoting brain health: preventing and delaying dementia

Posted by: Charles Alessi, Posted on: 19 February 2014 - Categories: Dementia, Health and Wellbeing

Earlier this week Sally Warren blogged about how we can support personal and community-level action to help people live well with dementia. I want to consider how we can reduce...

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Living well with dementia

Posted by: Sally Warren, Posted on: 17 February 2014 - Categories: Dementia, Health and Wellbeing

...become a Dementia Friend and communities and businesses to become dementia friendly. Expect to hear a lot more about the things we can do to support people with dementia over...

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Why does global health matter to an English public health body?

Posted by: Brian McCloskey, Posted on: 10 February 2014 - Categories: Global health
Copyright Marie Anne Chattaway 2012

“Global Health Security” sounds like a very grand and important subject, but what does it mean for PHE (and the UK) and what do we actually do? Global Health Security...

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Respecting and valuing diversity in the workforce

Posted by: Tony Vickers-Byrne, Posted on: 5 February 2014 - Categories: Improving health in the workplace

...Survey identified a figure of 1.5%, a similar proportion to those identifying as the Hindu population in England and Wales in the 2011 Census. The true proportion, I am told...

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Fighting cancer with information

Posted by: Jem Rashbass, Posted on: 30 January 2014 - Categories: A single knowledge and intelligence service, Chief Knowledge Officer, Reducing preventable deaths

...a scheme called The Patient Portal, with support from charities the BrainsTrust and Cancer Research UK, which offers individual patients access to their own information. We also produce an online...

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Making progress on children and young people's health

Posted by: Ann Hoskins, Posted on: 29 January 2014 - Categories: Giving children and young people the best start in life

...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...

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Welcome to screening

Posted by: Anne Mackie, Posted on: 28 January 2014 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing, Reducing preventable deaths, Reducing the burden of disease, Screening

...programmes for a number of different conditions have been established. There are currently three national cancer screening programmes: breast, bowel and cervical; and eight non-cancer screening programmes: six antenatal and...

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