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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
At end of February nurses and midwives from both PHE and the Department of Health ran a week of action linked to NHS Change Day, focusing on health protection and building resilience. We focused on the public health challenges of …
Over the past 70 years antibiotics have been hugely important in our defence against infectious diseases caused by bacteria. However, bacterial resistance to antibiotics is becoming a global public health problem and if we are to develop new treatments for …
Antibiotics have been around for nearly 70 years. Many people still alive today may remember them first being used to treat casualties from the Second World War. Around 1944 a newspaper billboard proclaimed that ‘Penicillin cures gonorrhoea in four hours …
