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Removing alcohol adverts from streets and public transport, and phasing out alcohol sponsorship in sport are among the steps that should be taken to prevent alcohol companies reaching our children. In a report published Feb 2017 by Alcohol Focus Scotland, leading...

From: Public Health England First published: 28 February 2017 This toolkit aims to guide school nurses through evaluations and provides guidance on how to implement results to promote learning, make improvements and demonstrate the impact of interventions. Read...

DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH ANNUAL REPORT 2016 DANGEROUS WAIST THE PUBLIC’S VOICE ON HEALTHY WEIGHT Excellent DPH Annual Report by Dr Andrew Furber Read...

The Communities and Local Government (CLG) Committee report on public parks warns that parks are at a tipping point and face a period of decline with potentially severe consequences unless their vital contribution to areas such as public health, community...

UKPHR is pleased to announce the launch of a new voluntary register for health promotion practitioners. Sitting alongside UKPHR’s established register for members of the core public health workforce, the new register is being opened in UKPHR’s capacity as the UK’s...

Date: 28 February 2017  Venue: Christie Education Centre, Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Wilmslow Road, Manchester M20 4BX Faculty of Public Health members, colleagues, friends and family are warmly invited to a celebration of the life and legacy of one of our most...

"A controversial study has claimed that failures in the health and social care system in England and Wales have played a part in a rise in the number of excess deaths in 2015. The government, however, has reacted strongly to the study’s conclusions, saying that...

Details from Nottingham City Council: We are looking to employ an enthusiastic and dynamic Consultant in Public Health to join the Nottingham City Council Public Health team. This post is permanent and up to full time Nottingham City is a vibrant, multi-cultural...

This review summarises the latest evidence on obesity in secure mental health units. It has been produced by Public Health England and the University of Sheffield to support the NHS England Mental Health Programme of Care Board and the future commissioning of these...

Read and download the latest list of Directors of Public Health in England: directors_of_public_health FEB 2017.

RoSPA's annual awareness-raising week, which will focus on the safety of under-5s.

His Royal Highness The Duke of York visited the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) today (Tuesday, February 14), as part of the safety charity’s centenary year. He met representatives of RoSPA’s work in road, home, occupational, leisure and...