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Up to a third of dementia cases may be attributable to potentially modifiable lifestyle risk factors.
The profiles provide a snapshot of children and young people’s health by local authority and CCG in England.
PHE's latest data shows steep increases in scarlet fever notifications across England, as part of the peak season.
Fewer adults dying from conditions directly caused by alcohol, but deaths from related conditions, such as cancer, rise by 1%.
Includes: Zika virus guidance update, trends in life expectancy at older ages, results of PHE stakeholder survey.
Vaccine update provides immunisation practitioners with the latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures.
Free resources published aimed at the housing sector and improving end of life care.
Successful Be Clear on Cancer campaign returns for a second time to highlight blood in pee as a key symptom for bladder and kidney cancers.
Public Health England (PHE) issues guidance as Met Office forecasts colder weather.
National Heart Month 2016: new research shows a discrepancy between how much men value their health, and what they do to look after it.
As a precaution airlines are asked to use insecticide on all flights returning to the UK from countries with confirmed transmission of Zika.
First published during the 2015 to 2016 Cameron Conservative government
Harmful drinking, Zika virus and travel, new PHE and DH antibiotic resistance video, and changes to population screening programes highlighted.
PHE’s call for eligible people to get vaccine comes after figures show drop in coverage.
Public Health England will end rubella (German measles) susceptibility screening in pregnancy in England on 1 April 2016.
How Islington Council is meeting the diverse needs of harmful and dependent drinkers.
The UK National Screening Committee has published 11 recommendations including improvements to existing screening programmes.
The study, published in the British Medical Journal Open, presents some positive findings and also recognises opportunities for improvement.
Forecasts for ice and cold weather have prompted further warnings from the Met Office, and take care calls from Public Health England (PHE).
This vaccine update provides immunisation practitioners with the latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures.
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