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.
Using the world's most comprehensive collection of cancer data
PHE has the most comprehensive collection of cancer data in the world. This blog gives an oversight of how it is gathered and used.
Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 1 February 2019
Our CEO's weekly message covers the latest edition of Health Matters, the NHS screening review, cancer survival statistics, and the HIV Innovation Fund.
Health Matters: Health and work
As adults in employment spend a large proportion of their time in work, our jobs and our workplaces can have a big impact on our health and wellbeing. The latest edition of Health Matters suggests some actions that all employers can take to ensure the health and wellbeing of their workforce.
Ageing and health expenditure
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Brian Ferguson and Annalisa Belloni, Posted on:
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Health Profile for England, Public health data
Does an ageing population lead to higher costs for the NHS and social care? Find out why this is not necessarily a foregone conclusion.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 25 January 2019
Dear everyone Every year in England there are 4,500 suicides, equating to 13 people ending their life every day and suicide is the leading cause of death in men under the age of 50. This week the first Cross-Government Suicide …
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 18 January 2019
Our CEO's weekly message covers opportunities of the NHS Long Term Plan, the Government's Clean Air Strategy and celebrating ten years of eBug.
Making progress on the prevention agenda in mental health
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Lily Makurah and Charlene Mulhern, Posted on:
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Health Improvement, Mental health
The Prevention Concordat for Better Mental Health marked the first time local and national government agencies came together with organisations across the health and care sector to make prevention a priority for mental health. This blog looks at how it has helped different organisations tackle mental health across the country.
How your body copes with cold weather
Every year tens of thousands of people across the UK die from conditions that can be linked to exposure to cold weather. But why? What is it about cold that causes us such problems?
The Clean Air Strategy: We all have a role to play in tackling air pollution
Our Medical Director Professor Paul Cosford gives his views on the Clean Air Strategy and the importance of addressing air pollution - the largest environmental risk to public health in the UK.
Duncan Selbie's Friday message - 11 January 2019
This week our CEO's message reflects on the NHS Long Term Plan and covers the new UK measles and rubella elimination strategy, flu circulation and two cases of extensively drug-resistant gonorrhoea.