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).
“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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...example of a investigation that is typical of the sort of issues that we face. This outbreak of gastrointestinal illness made the BBC News. (See a full report of the...
...or detection of nucleic acid, particularly for the microorganisms that we cannot culture using traditional techniques. Analysing all the complex biological data we are now able to produce often involves...
Obesity can sometimes be hard to spot, even though it’s all around us. Take parents, who think their child is about the right weight, even when the child is actually overweight or obese – this happens to nearly one in …
...coder must identify a primary code, which could be seen as the main reason for admission but they can also record up to 19 secondary codes which describe other diagnoses...
In my previous blog I talked about my vision for integration and the importance of putting people at the heart of care. To bring this to life we published Health...
