What is Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and how can you help combat it?
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).
How pathogen genomics could help us detect new health threats and improve vaccines
In this blog, we will explore the role of pathogen genomics in UK biosecurity and how we are developing our genomic systems to better protect public health in the UK.
Health Matters – tackling antimicrobial resistance
Welcome to the second 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 time we are focusing on one of …
Health Matters: Keeping watch over our antibiotics
In November, PHE published the second annual ESPAUR report describing the surveillance of antibiotic resistance and antibiotic use in England. The report brings together three crucial data sets, some of which weren’t previously in the public domain: antibiotic prescribing in …
Health Matters: Your antimicrobial resistance toolkit
We hope that through the full range of Health Matters antimicrobial resistance content we have made a strong case for action by professionals at local level. The message to individuals/patients is clear and the need for continued national and international …
Lets work together to preserve our antibiotics
Later this month we're relaunching Antibiotic Guardian. This ongoing campaign first launched in September 2014 and encourages members of the public and healthcare professionals to make a pledge to state how they will personally help to conserve our antibiotics. Antibiotic Guardian is …
A burning platform - maximising the nursing contribution to the antimicrobial resistance challenge
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Joanne Bosanquet and Susie Singleton, Posted on:
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Antimicrobial resistance, Health Protection, Nursing
In 2012, the Chief Medical Officer for England published the first ever 5 Year Antimicrobial Resistance Strategy. A UK High Level Steering Group followed, which acts as the system steward, providing challenge and ensuring all recommendations are enacted. Public Health …
Day one at the PHE Conference
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Blog Editor, Posted on:
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Global health, Health and Wellbeing, Health Protection
Conversations about public health may have flowed over coffee yesterday (16 Sep), but they also took place online. On Twitter alone more than 1000 people got involved, Tweeting over 4000 times using the #PHE2014 hashtag. This blog provides a brief snapshot …
Tackling antibiotic resistance with help from children and young people
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Viv Bennett, Posted on:
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Giving children and young people the best start in life
...help us tackle the global AMR challenge. Public health support to local partners to work together is vital. One example is ‘school as place’-based work, where school nurses work closely...
Proteomics: studying proteins to fight disease
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Christine McCartney, Posted on:
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Antimicrobial resistance, Microbiology services, Protecting the country's health
...of the proteome. In PHE, one of the ways that we analyse bacterial proteins is using mass spectrometry (MS) technology. This has helped our scientists to understand more about which...