7th October 2016
Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:
- New report from PHE’s dementia and end of life care intelligence network which revealed that the proportion of people dying with a recorded dementia diagnosis has more than doubled since 2001
- Publication of the Lambert Toolkit which is the result of the PHE fast track evaluation agreement – developed during the Ebola crisis to make it easier for public bodies that need to respond to rapidly-evolving situations to work in an agile way, and at short notice, with industry and academia
- The second public exhibition to unveil the latest plans for the PHE headquarters and Science Hub at Harlow
- This year’s Stay Well This Winter campaign launches next week with the aim of easing seasonal pressures on NHS services over winter, and supports the biggest ever flu vaccination programme in England for children
- Appointment of Dr Neil Squires as our first director of global public health.
