Many readers of this blog will be well aware of the challenge that our obesity epidemic poses - the damaging impact on our health and our health services is clear. But just identifying the scale of the problem will only …
The latest official statistics on drug-related deaths in England showed the highest number of substance misuse related death since these records began and highlights a worrying rise in the number of older, more vulnerable drug users dying from heroin overdose. …
A couple of weeks ago, I had the pleasure of speaking at the announcement of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing. I'm delighted that Public Health England is playing a major role in the setting up of this independent national …
Having started my career as a trainee accountant at South Tyneside Council nearly 25 years ago and returned after a time elsewhere in the public sector to have a stint as Head of Finance, local government still feels like my …
