Today is International Day of Zero Tolerance to FGM, lead organisations including PHE, DH and NHS England have joined forces to support the day – however, it’s more than one single day. FGM isn’t just an international issue; FGM affected …
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 …
Like many others in the NHS, autumn and winter are undoubtedly the busiest seasons for us in the Children’s Asthma Service at Croydon Health Services NHS Trust. Our service was commissioned to reduce the number of asthma-related A&E attendances and …
There's a definite chill in the air now. It's dark when I head to work and nearly dark when I get back home. "Winter is coming" as they say in Game of Thrones (a hit TV series for those still …
Two years ago in early December, my 80 year old dad, who by the way believes he is not yet 80 and flies around the place like a much younger version of himself, fell ill. He has a chronic respiratory …
Following a summer outbreak of viral gastroenteritis in a special school setting in West Yorkshire, which was particularly long running in nature, a request was received from a school cluster of 8 special schools within the West Yorkshire area as …
Hi, my name is Ellie. I am a Registered General Nurse and I’ve worked as a Screening and Immunisation Co-ordinator in the North West for 3 years now. I am based within the Cheshire team which is part of the …
Hello, I am one of the Health Protection Nurse Practitioners working in the Greater Manchester Health Protection team in Public Health England North West. Health protection covers communicable disease surveillance/control, emergency preparedness, resilience and response, and environmental public health and …
Meningcoccal Group B bacteria (MenB) is rare, with between 400 and 1,200 cases each year in England, with infants under one year of age most at risk. Although rare, MenB can cause meningitis, an infection of the membranes that surround …
Rabies is a vaccine preventable disease that occurs in more than 150 countries. WHO state that an average of 60,000 people die annually from rabies and report more than 15 million people receive post exposure prophylaxis every year. RIGS, the …
