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).
Last week we were in Manchester for the National Cancer Registration and Analysis Service’s (NCRAS) annual Cancer Data and Outcomes Conference. The conference was a huge success and we welcomed over 400 delegates from 160 different organisations. The two-day event saw …
...this and say thank you. Driving change with evidence was the opening theme for this year’s impressive annual conference of the Faculty of Public Health, this week held in Telford....
Protecting the health of young people is vital and to do this we need to understand as much as possible about the issues young people are facing. To help with this, we’ve published three new reports which focus on what …
This week is Learning Disability Week and the focus of this year’s week is employment. The charity sector and others are working to raise awareness of the benefits of employing people with a learning disability to help tackle the saddening …
Tooth decay can have a huge impact on a child’s life. Having decayed, missing or filled teeth is not a rite of passage that we can ignore; it can cause pain, sleepless nights, days off school and can stop children …
New data on smoking prevalence among adults (18+) in England for 2016 show the biggest drop in a decade with the rate falling to 15.5% of the population, a 1.4 percentage point drop from 16.9% the previous year. But what …
...and blogs with colleagues. On average, a person diagnosed with cancer will spend 20 days in hospital during the first year, according to new data presented at the Cancer Data...
With the first ever National Clean Air Day taking place this week, we're encouraging people to take steps to reduce air pollution. Individually, it might seem that people’s actions will only make a small difference but if we all do our …
Welcome to the latest edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for local authorities and health professionals, which this month brings together the important facts and figures on child dental health and evidence of effective interventions to prevent tooth decay …
What comes to mind when we think about vaccination? It should be protection, wellbeing, health and achievement. The World Health Organisation states that only clean water (a human right) ranks as highly as vaccination in terms of the greatest impact …
