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 …
With an exciting summer of sport ahead, how can we turn inspiration into action? Many people are looking forward to cheering on their sporting heroes this summer. Whether it’s watching Euro 2016, the European Gymnastic Championships, Wimbledon or the Olympic …
Ultraviolet radiation, or UV, comes to earth from the sun. The ozone layer protects those of us on the ground from most of it but some does reach the surface. So what else do you need to know about UV? …
Last year there was a lot of media attention in the midst of the season dedicated to the flu vaccine being only 3% effective. It made for some good headlines, and even led one journalist to quip ‘seasonal flu vaccine …
Often, when water fluoridation appears in the headlines it is presented as a controversial subject. However, the evidence is clear that water fluoridation is a safe and effective measure to help people improve their oral health. At the levels we …
Steve Owens, the Corporate Sustainability and Environmental Management lead within PHE, explores the benefits of publicly mapping out how your organisation plans to think more sustainably. PHE has a sustainable development management plan- but what exactly does that mean? A …
We’re pleased to bring you our round-up highlighting some of PHE’s online activity from the past week. Here’s your chance to catch up on what you might have missed including: Scarlet fever It’s now peak season for scarlet fever and …
“A good traveller has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving” [Lao Tzu] A few weeks ago, I was asked to give a talk to a group of clinical fellows undertaking work placements at various national organisations including …
We hope our latest edition of Health Matters – this time covering midlife approaches to reduce dementia risk – will help you and other health professionals by compiling key facts, figures and evidence of effective interventions. Where we can, we’re …
We need to find people with advanced hepatitis C virus related liver disease and provide treatment in order to prevent them dying prematurely from this chronic infection or needing liver transplants or progressing to liver cancer. This is because in …
With 1 April nearly upon us, local authorities, government departments, NHS trusts, clinical commissioning groups and other public sector bodies have been busy planning their budgets and commissioning services for the next financial year. In the context of increasingly limited resources …
