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More than 95% of GP practices across England have ordered additional vaccine doses – more than 200,000 extra in total.
Professor David Salisbury, Director of Immunisation at the Department of Health, describes the MMR catch-up vaccination programme in England.
A PHE trend analysis report has shown that children from deprived areas are almost twice as likely to be obese than those in affluent areas.
April 2013 newsletter for immunisation practitioners, with the latest developments in vaccines, and vaccination policies and procedures.
Figures published by Public Health England (PHE) today show that confirmed cases of whooping cough in England have continued to decrease in 2013 with 434 cases reported in March.
DH, PHE and NHS England announce vaccination programmes to protect against flu, shingles and rotavirus, and updates to the meningitis C vaccination schedule.
The Local Government Association and PHE have produced a guide for local councillors about the National Child Measurement Programme (NCMP).
This conference brings together nurses and midwives to discuss the professions' contributions to improving health.
Public health professionals can now access local authority child health profiles from their smartphone or tablet.
School nurses will play a bigger and more important role in improving the health of children and young people.
Experts at the North East Public Health England (PHE) Centre are continuing to work closely with NHS and local authority colleagues in response to the on-going measles outbreak in the North East, first reported in January.
The extension of the Family Nurse Partnership will give more young and disadvantaged mothers one to one support to bring up their babies.
March 2013 newsletter for immunisation practitioners, with the latest developments in vaccines, and vaccination policies and procedures.
A new pledge about making improvements to the health of children and young people has been launched today.
More than 100,000 people have already signed up to receive online advice about looking after their baby - and a quarter of these are fathers.
Parents are being invited to send in their questions about whooping cough ahead of a webchat scheduled for Tuesday 5 February.
Health minister Dr Dan Poulter and Chief Medical Officer Professor Dame Sally Davies attended a reception this week with members of the Children and Young People's Health Outcomes Forum, to thank them formally for their…
The Department of Health distributes two million free booklets to support mums and give them the right information during pregnancy
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