London’s children
From our inception in PHE London we have had our eye on the city’s children. London is a young city but children have very different experiences of growing up here. More children live in poverty in London than elsewhere in …
The human cost of falls
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Kevin Fenton, Posted on:
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Health and Wellbeing, Reducing the burden of disease
When an older person falls, it can have devastating consequences. Multiplied across the population, it’s a major public health issue. A third of people over 65, and half of people over 80, fall at least once a year. Falls are …