Posted by: Viv Bennett, Posted on: 11.05.2018 - Categories: All Our Health, Blogs 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 …
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 …
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 …
This blog is to introduce new readers to the ‘All Our Health’ call to action for health and care professionals (HCPs), to provide an update to those who are already aware and to say thank you for colleagues who have …
Our second blog of the day on tuberculosis is by a new member of our team, Jean Christensen, Professional Officer for Nursing and Midwifery Care, and reflects on both a personal connection to this disease and the particular elements …
To commence our themed day on tuberculosis as part of ‘Protecting Health: Nursing and Midwifery Successes and Challenges,’ I am delighted to introduce a blog by Dr Paul Cosford, Director for Health Protection and Medical Director at Public Health England: …
From Monday 24th February we will be undertaking another week of engagement activity on the nursing and midwifery contribution to public health, this time focusing on health protection. The aim of the week is to share and celebrate the contribution …
