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).
Recently a new resource was launched which tells the story of people living with and affected by HIV which offers a different kind of insight.
Dear everyone The NHS is our most cherished public service. It is something we know people deeply care about and on Wednesday this week NHS England Chief Executive Simon Stevens spoke about the need for further investment to keep it …
PHE has published our annual alcohol and drug treatment statistics for 2016-17. These are based on data collected by the National Drug Treatment Monitoring System (NDTMS) from alcohol and drug services across England.
This Mouth Cancer Action Month, we look at the ways dental health teams can help their patients to reduce their mouth cancer risk.
This is the fourth in a series of blogs summarising what we learn each time we update the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF).
Dear everyone I am writing this week from Sierra Leone where we have marked the handover to the Ministry of Health and Sanitation of the three PHE laboratories in Freetown, Bo and Makeni, all refurbished by PHE to UK standards …
Images show finished hospital lab in Sierra Leone (top) and the refurbishment process (below) In this blog PHE's Paul Johnstone explains the organisation's involvement in Sierra Leone, from the West African Ebola epidemic to the opening a new hospital laboratory …
There is a well-established and complex link between drugs, alcohol and crime, and in the recent years there has been a particular emphasis on the links between drug misuse and offending.
Dear everyone On Monday and Tuesday, the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (IANPHI) held its annual conference in Rome. IANPHI has over 100 national public health institutes and agencies in membership and this summer they undertook a peer …
It has been a year since we published our suicide prevention planning guidance and thought it was a timely opportunity to take stock on progress made over that time.
