Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Spring Booster’?
Who’s eligible for the 2025 COVID-19 vaccine, or ‘Spring Booster’?
Details of who is eligible to book a free NHS COVID-19 vaccination this spring.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 31 May 2019
This week our CEO's message includes a call for all NHS trusts to become smokefree, the benefits of Alcohol Care Teams in hospitals and our annual flu report.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 24 May 2019
This week our CEO's message looks at the importance of two MMR doses, the Well North Programme, policing and the public's health, and senior staff changes.
Health Matters: Prevention - A Life Course Approach
The latest edition of Health Matters, PHE's professional resource, focuses on taking a life course approach to the prevention of ill health and explores the evidence base for this approach. This blog provides a summary of the full edition's content.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 17 May 2019
This week our CEO's message looks at the economic case for investing in prevention, a new study on the effects of the tobacco display ban, Mental Health Awareness Week, European Testing Week, and the upcoming Health Matters launch.
Increasing vaccine uptake: Strategies for addressing barriers in primary care
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George Kassianos and Mary Ramsay, Posted on:
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Health Protection, Immunisation and vaccination
England is a world leader in childhood vaccinations but PHE data show that while coverage remains high, children’s vaccine uptake has been slowly decreasing since 2012-13. This blog looks at 10 ways to address barriers to vaccination in primary care.
Expert interview: Rethinking the way we invest in the public’s health
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Brian Ferguson and Michael Brodie, Posted on:
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Investing in public health, Prevention
PHE and the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) are working together to make the case that prevention and promoting good health is an important investment for our country. In this blog PHE’s Finance and Commercial Director Michael Brodie and Chief Economist Brian Ferguson answer questions about the project.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 10 May 2019
Dear everyone I spent Wednesday morning in the North West with the fabulous team in St Helens, where well before the concept was included in the NHS Long Term Plan, they had enacted integrated, place based working simply because this …
Allied Health Professionals have a major role to play in prevention
Read more about the first UK-wide Allied Health Professionals strategy and how looking beyond the NHS workforce to other professionals can help prevent illness, promote wellbeing and protect population health.
What’s new in the May 2019 PHOF update?
This is the latest in a series of blogs summarising what we learn each time we update the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF). The latest update includes 20 indicators, some of which we explain here.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 3 May 2019
This week our CEO's message includes the challenge of obesity, a new programme of work on tackling inequalities and a profile of the UK Public Health Rapid Support Team.