Tuberculosis (TB) is a vital public health problem facing England. Rates have stabilised over the past seven years, but the incidence of TB in England remains high compared to most other Western European countries. TB is transmitted from person to …
We are very fortunate in England to have some of the best primary care services in the world. We also have amongst the most computerised general practices, and primary care activity and clinical information is recorded in real time at …
Since life expectancy was first measured in the mid-19th century the trend in England has been of continued increase, interrupted only by the World Wars. Despite this, people in some areas of the country are still not living nearly as …
It was just a year ago at the 2013 Cancer Outcomes Conference that we announced the completion of the migration to a single National Cancer Registration Service - described by the media as “the largest single cancer database in the …
During June and July 2014 over 10,000 football fans from the UK are expected to travel to Brazil for the World Cup. This is more than five times the number originally predicted, with a large proportion more than likely travelling …
On 4 June 2014, we will be celebrating the launch of the new Workplace Wellbeing Charter standards for England and so I am revisiting the issue of healthy workplaces and the need for all organisations to work to improve the …
It’s been a little over a year since Public Health England was created from over 100 sender bodies, with over 5,000 staff based in 115 locations across the country and using over 800 inherited business systems. In this blog, Michael …
It’s nearly June. That means many things to many people – summer, school holidays, long evenings… and to some, Health Profiles. Since 2006, these summaries of health data for each local authority in England have been produced to support local …
The past 25 years have seen more than 30 new or emerging infections identified around the world, including SARS, MERS, swine flu, hepatitis E and new variant CJD, with 75% of these infections considered to be zoonoses. Zoonoses are infections …
This post was published when Public Health England had responsibility for health advice relating to e-cigarettes. For the most recent information please visit the NHS website or search for the topic on the gov.uk website. Smoking is England’s biggest killer, …
