The flu vaccine is one of the mainstays of winter preparedness as flu viruses normally start circulating more over the winter months. The vaccine is offered mainly to three groups of people. Firstly those at highest risk such as the elderly, …
As the new intake of Year 7’s settled into life at their boarding school in West Yorkshire, members of the West Yorkshire Health Protection Team and the local TB services embarked on planning the yearly TB awareness raising session. The …
As a midwife I have a long association with the NHS antenatal and newborn screening programmes and the broader public health agenda to support maternal and child health. I currently work as the senior quality assurance adviser across the north …
Hello, I am a Senior Health Protection Nurse Practitioner. I work for Public Health England North West. I lead a great team of practitioners. Health Protection Practitioners come from a variety of professional backgrounds including: nursing, health visiting, environmental health …
Reducing drug-resistant tuberculosis (TB) in England is a key ‘area for action’ in the collaborative TB Strategy, and Public Health England and NHS England are working together to take this forward. Prompt identification, commencement of treatment and adherence to a …
Historically, public health was primarily concerned with the management of sanitation and disease. Over the twentieth century, the focus of public health shifted towards how individuals respond to health concerns. This includes how we as individuals manage and look after …
Global threat of AMR We all face extremely challenging times as the serious threat of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) increases. The leaders of the G20 group of countries met in September 2016 and acknowledged the gravity of the threat of AMR …
This week is a call to action. It is a call for all nurses, midwives, care staff and our colleagues across the system to pause and think about your role in promoting health and wellbeing, preventing ill health and protecting …
As public health nurses, we know how important it is to support parents in protecting themselves, children and their family against infectious and debilitating illnesses through accessing immunisations. Health visitors, working in partnership with general practice nurses, GPs, pharmacies and …
Nurses play an important role in raising awareness about the benefits of immunisation. Despite current high immunisation uptake rates in infants and children, we are still seeing cases of and clusters of measles in teenagers and young adults. This is …
