17th March 2017
Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:
- Alongside new figures published by the Office for National Statistics today showing suicide prevalence in England by occupation, PHE has developed a new guide for employers on suicide prevention in partnership with the Samaritans and Business in the Community, published today, to be used in conjunction with the PHE-BITC Mental Health Toolkit for Employers
- Publication of the first update on the Everybody Active, Every Day national framework for increasing physical activity
- Publication of PHE’s Hepatitis C in England 2017 report
- Advisory board for the #I will campaign, which aims to make social action part of life for all young people by 2020
- The four Health Protection Research Units (HPRUs) based at Imperial College showcased their progress and achievements
- The Respiratory HPRU team has been awarded a Medical Research Council grant to conduct phase 1 studies in humans of new interventions for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS)
- A thank you to PHE’s scientists who have been offering interactive workshops to primary and secondary schools in Harlow this week, encouraging children to think about science as a future career as part of British Science Week.
