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).
This week PHE has published two important documents about young people’s substance misuse.
After a Christmas full of feasting, drinking and general overindulging, many of us welcome the start of January as an opportunity to make positive changes for our health and lifestyle. But rather than attempting a punishing detox or buying the …
Preventing suicide is an important area of work for PHE.
Dear everyone Happy New Year. My first message of 2017 is also the first to be hosted on PHE’s blog, Public Health Matters, as we move to a more digital and accessible format – you may also be interested in …
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – on the subject of “Increasing the uptake of HIV testing” – will help you and other health professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions.
January The first edition of Health Matters for the year looked at harmful drinking and alcohol dependence. And the first campaign launch of 2016 encouraged parents to get 'sugar smart' and included the launch of the Sugar Smart app (for 2017 we have …
The end of 2016 marks the fourth year since the creation of PHE’s health and wellbeing directorate – a dynamic period marked by many major accomplishments and new challenges.
As 2016 draws to a close it’s a good time to round up some recent developments in the battle against childhood obesity.
Fire and rescue services aren’t always one of the public sector services that come to mind when thinking about health and wellbeing, yet across the country they have been mobilising at pace to make an impact on the health of the …
It is now just over a year since the Chancellor announced funding for a world class public health facility in Harlow, Essex. This new integrated science hub will allow PHE to embrace the advent of genome technology and big data …
