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).
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.
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.
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 …
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.
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.
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.
This week our CEO's message includes a national strategy to reduce gambling harms, European Immunisation Week, a new paper on lung cancer deaths in those who have never smoked and a new initiative with beauty salons to encourage uptake of cervical screening.
This week our CEO's message includes a welcome to the new minister for public health and primary care, success in reducing hepatitis C mortality and new e-learning modules from the All Our Health framework for health and care professionals.
Deploying to assist in dealing with a disease outbreak in another country can be an incredibly rewarding but also stressful and challenging experience. In this blog from our Disease Detectives series we look at what it is like to work as field logistician and to deploy anywhere in the world at 48 hours notice.
Find out more about Public Health England's series of new e-learning sessions to boost health professionals’ knowledge and skills dealing with some of the biggest issues in public health.
