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 …
Today (May 12) is International Nurses’ Day and I’d like to use this as an opportunity to talk about the role nurses and midwives play in prevention and improving health – particularly with regard to tackling obesity. Obesity is a …
Welcome to the fifth edition of PHE’s Health Matters, a resource for public health professionals, which brings together important facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions to tackle major public health problems. This edition focuses on giving every child the best start …
We hope that through the breadth of ‘Health Matters - giving every child the best start in life’ content, we have made the case for investment of time and money in early years services (from pregnancy to age 2) but …
GOV.UK launched in 2012 to enable the public and professionals to interact with the Government using one website. By 2014, more than 300 government executive agencies and arm’s length bodies also moved their websites onto the platform. It now provides …
This week was European Immunisation Week, organised by the World Health Organisation, with a call to action for all nations to "Prevent. Protect. Immunise". Immunisation is a particularly timely topic as we're currently seeing a measles outbreak in London, so promoting the MMR …
It’s European Immunisation Week - a great time to celebrate the achievements of everyone who delivers vaccination programmes and highlight the benefit of vaccines throughout life. This week we’re particularly urging professionals who work with young people/young adults to make …
From exam stress to bugs, bumps and bruises, few students go through university without facing a health problem or two. But the last thing you need is an illness that seriously harms your study or social life, so take a …
There’s a simple reason vaccination is so important - it prevents disease and saves lives. And in terms of disease prevention, only clean water (also considered to be a basic human right) performs better. This week is European Immunisation Week, …
For European Immunisation Week we asked David Green, Public Health England’s immunisations nurse expert, to give us answers to some of the questions he gets asked the most. 1. What vaccines are available free on the NHS? The vaccines available …
Are you a teacher or a professional working in an education setting? If so, we have a variety of tools and resources available that can be used in training, in the classroom, as part of whole school approaches or simply …
