Better conversations can change lives
Today is ‘What matters to you day’, a celebration which sees health professionals encourage and support each other to have better conversations with the people we care for. It’s all about turning the...
View ArticleHow can health and care professionals get everybody active every day?
Campaign launches are a good way to get us all talking and thinking about our wellbeing, so it was great to see PHE’s One You campaign – and its Active 10 app - hitting the headlines earlier this...
View ArticleGetting to the heart of prevention
Our new Health Profile for England tells us that as a society people are living longer. Life expectancy in England has reached 79.6 years for men and 83.2 for women and we’re healthier at every age...
View ArticleHealth Matters: Preventing cardiovascular disease
The latest edition of Health Matters, PHE’s professional resource, focuses on the new ambitions developed by the Cardiovascular Disease Prevention System Leadership Forum (CVDPSLF) that sets to...
View ArticleHealth Matters: What you need to know about statins
"Statins key to living longer" - Daily Express. "Statin side-effects questioned" - BBC News. "Doctors' fears over statins may cost lives, says top medical researcher" - The Guardian. "Statins do NOT...
View ArticleSupporting all health and care professionals to boost their prevention impact
All health and care professionals share a common commitment to do their best for the public we serve. And increasingly, practising effective prevention is recognised as a vital part of this, helping...
View ArticleThe 10-year CVD ambitions for England – one year on
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) continues to be the leading cause of death worldwide and in England alone, it causes 1 in 4 deaths. We are now one year on from when the National CVD Prevention System...
View ArticleWHO Year of the Nurse and Midwife: Leadership in Prevention, Protection and...
As the largest and most trusted professional workforce, nurses and midwives are in a unique position to lead improvements for the nation’s health. We are in all parts of the community, including...
View ArticleInternational Nurses’ Day- celebrating nursing leadership in the past,...
International Nurses Day takes place every year on the birthdate of Florence Nightingale, the 12th May, providing a platform to celebrate the significant role that nursing colleagues play across the...
View ArticleA voice to lead: International Nurses Day 2022
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), English Nurse and pioneer of modern medicine in the hospital at Uskudar (Scutare) during the Crimean War, 1854-1856. Each year, on 12 May, I take great pride in...
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