All our Health Announcements on International Nurses Day – 12 May

Viv Bennett has shared number of announcements and releases that PHE is making to coincide with International Nurses Day.

All Our Health is a call to action for healthcare professionals working with patients and the population to contribute to closing the health and wellbeing gap and to prevent avoidable illness, protect health and promote wellbeing.

All Our Health provides resources to help health professionals to improve individual and population health outcomes.

The All Our Health Call to Action framework and specific topic guides on adult obesity and one on childhood obesity can be accessed via Gov.uk. Further topic guides will be uploading over the coming month.

To access All Our Health please go to:

All our Health Framework introduction

Childhood Obesity

Adult Obesity

Please send any comments to [email protected]

Read Viv Bennett's letter to All our Health stakeholders

PHE: Health Matters – Giving every child the best start in life

Public Health England (PHE) wants to increase the proportion of children ready to learn at 2 and ready for school at 5.

This new resource for health professionals and local authorities is about investing in early years services from pregnancy to age 2. It focuses on giving every child the best start in life and specifically the crucial period from pregnancy to the age of two.

Health matters fifth edition published

Dr Cheryll Adams said: ” This is a very helpful review of what matters to ensuring the best outcomes for infants from pre-conception care to age 2. I recommend that all health visitors read it and share it widely.”

The earliest experiences, starting in the womb, shape a baby’s brain development. During the first two years of life the brain displays a remarkable capacity to absorb information and adapt to its surroundings.

Investing in the early years can help to address health inequalities that disadvantage some from the very beginning of their lives.

Public Health England Annual Conference 2016 – bookings open

Public Health England’s annual conference takes place from 13 to 14 September 2016 at the University of Warwick.

The Public Health England annual conference 2016 will bring together over 1400 participants from a wide range of organisations, to learn, network and share knowledge and experience.

The theme of this year’s conference is ‘Evidence into action’. The conference will promote and showcase the application and translation of science and research, to support effective local and national action to improve public health. Keynote speakers will include the Rt Hon Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Health and Jane Ellison MP, Minister for Public Health.

Find out more

PHE – Duncan Selbie’s Friday message 13 April 2016

Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:

Strategic plan for the next 4 years
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) approach
PHE People Charter

Due to pre-election purdah, the next Friday message will be on 13 May.

Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 13 April 2016

PHE – Duncan Selbie’s Friday message 8 April 2016

Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:

flu deaths in 2015
Coventry’s improvement in public health after embedding Marmot principles
five new local AMR (anti-microbial resistance) indicators launched on the Public Health Profiles tool Fingertips

Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 8 April 2016

PHE – Duncan Selbie’s Friday message 18 March 2016

Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:

sugary drinks levy announced as by the Chancellor in Wednesday’s Budget
new Eatwell Guide which offers easy-to-follow advice for the public and is a valuable resource for health professionals, caterers and the food and drink industry
Place-Based Health report which argues that a focus on ‘place’ not only reflects the emerging direction of travel for the NHS and local government, but represents the best hope for achieving a sustainable health system for the future
PHE Learning Disabilities Conference

Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 18 March 2016

PHE statement: Levy on high sugar drinks

Public Health England has issued a statement on the Treasury announcement of a levy on high sugar drinks from 2018.

The iHV very much welcomes this and health visitors will help to explain to parents why it is so important.

Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of Public Health England, said:

“A sugary drinks levy is fabulous news for children and families in helping them to cut back on sugar. This will reduce the risks of obesity, tooth decay and other life threatening diseases. This is public health in action and a great foundation ahead of the child obesity strategy later this summer.

A levy or tax was 1 of 8 recommendations from PHE’s evidence review on sugar reduction and is a stunning early indication of the Government’s commitment to reducing child obesity. The Chancellor has firmly set this in the context of every child having the right to a good start to life, especially good that the money raised will be used to boost funding for school based exercise and sport.”

See PHE statement

Child Health Profiles 2016 published by Public Health England

The Child Health Profiles 2016, published today (15 March 2016) by PHE, present data across 32 key health indicators of child health and wellbeing. The data will help local organisations work in partnership to improve health in their local area.

The profiles provide a snapshot of children and young people’s health by local authority and CCG in England.

The data is updated annually. There is a 4 page profile for each local authority in England which includes:

an ‘At a glance’ summary description of child health in the area which highlights key findings
maps and charts showing how the health of the area compares to the national view and other local authorities in England
a ‘spine chart’ health summary showing the difference in health between the area and the England average for 32 indicators within the 5 domains of the Public Health Outcomes Framework.

Go to Local Authority Child Health Profiles 2016

PHE – Duncan Selbie’s Friday message 11 March 2016

Short weekly update from the CEO of Public Health England (PHE), including:

an award for the teams involved in providing and supporting the Ebola laboratory diagnostic services in Sierra Leone
launch of the PHE ‘One You’, a new evidence-based campaign designed to reduce health inequalities, with its ‘How are you?’ online quiz
the rate of teenage pregnancies has fallen to its lowest level since records began – with LGA-PHE briefing

Duncan Selbie's Friday message: 11 March 2016