Whooping cough, also known as pertussis, is a highly contagious bacterial infection that mainly affects the lungs and airways. Whooping cough is sometimes known as the 100-day cough because of how long it takes to recover from it. What are …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4Ce5wNNS2A Integrated winter campaign: our greatest drive ever This Autumn, along with Department of Health and NHS England, we launched our greatest drive ever to help people stay well through our joint Stay Well this Winter campaign. Resources to drive …
One in five people living in the UK are aged between 10 and 24 and we know that what happens in childhood plays a pivotal role in future health and happiness - this is why giving the best start in …
This is a new language that all public health folks will require. There are lots of encyclopedias for Big Data: Dutch company Datfloq do a good one and the Big Data Made Simple portal has a useful one. What the …
Today we published new data showing the different diagnosis routes for people with cancer. We have used the latest available data to produce an extensive set of results for over 2 million patients diagnosed with cancer between 2006 and 2013. …
Public Health England and national partners are striving to ensure that data and information is used to improve quality of care and outcomes for people with cardiovascular disease. The interpretation of data and information should be acknowledged as a fundamental …
This time last year I wrote about some of the data tools PHE produces to help local authorities, the NHS and others improve the nation’s health and reduce health inequality. We make many of these available via the updated GOV.UK data …
Welcome to a week of activity - focussing on data - promoted across our social media channels. #PHEDataWeek looks to shine a light on data and move beyond the buzzwords to talk in depth about the importance of data to health protection, prevention …
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: Health professionals fear antibiotic resistance We asked seven health professionals about their antibiotic …
When it comes to emissions to the atmosphere, those from transport are considered to be a major contributor to the amount of greenhouse gases emitted. Although this is probably no great surprise to many people, what can sometimes be forgotten is …
Last month Public Health England hosted an ‘Inequalities in Screening’ workshop. This brought over 80 national experts to London to discuss the practical steps we need to take to ensure that we systematically address inequalities in screening uptake. We were …
