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What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and how can you help combat it?

Campaign mascot Andi Biotic reminds us to Keep Antibiotics Working

What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and how can you help combat it?

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).

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Duncan Selbie's Friday message – 10 Feb 2017

Posted by: Duncan Selbie, Posted on: 10 February 2017 - Categories: Duncan Selbie Friday Message

...the NHS in advising people over 65 having an NHS Health Check that dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing, and that simple life style changes that are good...

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Ambulance services on board to promote public health

Posted by: Kevin Fenton and Linda Hindle, Posted on: 9 February 2017 - Categories: Allied Health Professionals, Health and Wellbeing

The millions of interactions that paramedics and ambulance staff have with patients and the public provide a valuable opportunity to improve health and wellbeing among the most vulnerable people in society.

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Health Matters: Achievements in combating high blood pressure and a forward look

Posted by: Jamie Waterall and Polly Kwok, Posted on: 8 February 2017 - Categories: Health Matters

High blood pressure is currently the third biggest risk factor for contributing to premature death and ill health in England, as outlined in the latest edition of Health Matters.

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A closer look at our February PHOF update

Posted by: Dave Jephson, James Westwood and Sabrina Safo, Posted on: 7 February 2017 - Categories: Public health data

This is the second in a series of blogs summarising what we learn each time we update the Public Health Outcomes Framework (PHOF).

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Local systems thinking: Making obesity everyone’s business

Posted by: Alison Tedstone, Posted on: 6 February 2017 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing

In late 2015 I wrote about a new programme that aims to explore local systems and design new approaches to prevent and tackle obesity.

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5 tips on how to go smoke-free from Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Posted by: Duncan Selbie, Posted on: 4 February 2017 - Categories: Health and Wellbeing

A few months ago I wrote to all NHS Trusts in England asking for their commitment to work with PHE towards a completely tobacco-free NHS.

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Duncan Selbie's Friday message – 3 Feb 2017

Posted by: Duncan Selbie, Posted on: 3 February 2017 - Categories: Duncan Selbie Friday Message

...members and officers from Harlow Council for a guided tour of our campus at Porton. This gave them an insight into the breadth of our work, from high containment science...

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A new strategy to shape digital public health

Posted by: Mary E Black, Posted on: 3 February 2017 - Categories: Digital

Public Health England now has its first digital strategy.

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Take time to talk about mental health

Posted by: Kevin Fenton, Posted on: 2 February 2017 - Categories: Mental health

Many of us will have taken a few days off to recover from winter coughs and colds in the past couple of months – but how many would admit to needing time off to recover from an attack of anxiety …

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Childhood cancer statistics – what can we learn from new data?

Posted by: Lucy Irvine, Posted on: 1 February 2017 - Categories: Chief Knowledge Officer

Cancer in children under the age of 15 is rare and accounts for less than 1% of all new cancer cases in England. Around 1,400 children are diagnosed with cancer each year. 

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