Physical activity is good for health and wellbeing and health and care professionals can make a real difference to encouraging and supporting people to be active. Today sees the launch of the latest stage of the One You campaign with a focus …
As we focus this month on the importance of being active and being involved and their importance on both our physical and mental health, let us just pause for a moment and think of the most vulnerable people in the …
Childhood can be an incredible journey when children and young people are exposed to many new situations and challenges. For some this journey will be relatively unproblematic while for others the journey will be complex. Children and young people are …
School nurses are passionate about the health and wellbeing of children and young people, always striving to ensure services meet local needs and finding creative or innovative ways to improve delivery. The 4-5-6 model provided an opportunity to focus on …
Childhood obesity is a key public health priority and a significant contemporary health concern; it is one of the leading preventable causes of death and associated long term health risks. Today, nearly a third of children aged two to 15 …
Promoting a healthy, balanced and sustainable diet is a key public health priority across the UK as well as other health strategies such as promoting healthy lifestyles, physical activity and healthy weight. Promoting healthy diets and nutrition are important for …
Those eagle eyed tweeters amongst you may have noticed the #WeLearnSoMe hashtag on Twitter throughout March. WeLearn was a pilot project, a WeCommunities and PHE Chief Nurse Directorate collaboration. This was all about introducing a small group of school nurses to social …
We have talked about making the vital visible: that is making explicit and celebrating the input and impact of health and care practitioners (HCPs) on the public’s health through preventing avoidable illness, protecting health and promoting wellbeing and resilience. Today …
What do we mean when we say Happy Christmas and Happy New Year? For many people this includes good wishes for good health in the year ahead and gratitude for good health enjoyed and/or care received in the year just …
In the late 1980s, tuberculosis (TB) cases were fewer than 6000 in the UK and there was hope that the disease would be eliminated as a public health threat. This had fallen from over 100,000 cases at the start of …
