As we release our Commercial Strategy, I wanted to reflect on the ways in which we partner with industry to drive greater innovations and better health outcomes. One unintended consequence of the response to COVID-19 was the suppression of many …
Safeguarding children and young people is about ensuring that their welfare is looked after. This includes keeping them safe from harm, abuse and maltreatment, and that they grow up with safe and effective care.
As we approach the end of Child Mental Health Week, we reflect on the Government and PHE’s commitment to improve young people’s mental health. Around half of all mental health problems start before the age of 14 and we know …
You don’t have to dig too deep into the statistics to see how homelessness affects public health, but it can be difficult to work out what to do about it.
Dear everyone, E-cigarettes are controversial but with nearly three million people using them, sitting on the fence on this was never an option. The key thing is to compare the harm of an e-cigarette with smoking tobacco rather than comparing …
Public Health England and our partners have launched a consensus statement Policing, Health and Social Care: working together to protect and prevent harm to vulnerable people. We developed it with policing and public health organisations to provide a focus for …
This is the latest in a series of blogs summarising what we learn each time we update the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF). The PHOF sets out a vision for public health, desired outcomes and the indicators that will help us …
Back in 2015, the bold conclusions of our previous e-cigarette (EC) report were controversial in providing qualified support for the use of ECs but have since contributed to a shift in international opinion. Many experts and professional bodies now agree …
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – on the subject of “Using NHS Health Checks to optimise CVD care” – will help you and other professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions.
Dear everyone Stroke is the third most common cause of early death and a leading cause of disability in the UK. Although the majority of strokes occur in older people, 38% of first time strokes happen in middle-aged adults, the proportion of …
PHE is in the height of its digital transformation and the results are clear to see throughout the organisation.
