Public Health England

• COVID-19 – employment guidance for parents and employers of parents

  • PostedApril 17, 2020

  This is an update – our original article was posted 19 March 2020. Following the Government’s advice of 18 March 2020 that all schools in the UK will be closed...

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• COVID-19: working close together in vehicles and on site (8 April update)

  • PostedApril 8, 2020

  The problem encountered by many businesses is how to manage safe working where there may be specific and valid reasons for workers to be in close proximity e.g. in a...

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• Why is antibiotic resistance increasing despite a 17% drop in prescriptions?

  • PostedNovember 4, 2019

  Despite a 17% drop in antibiotic prescriptions given out by GPs over the last five years, the number of antibiotic-resistant infections continues to rise. Public Health England encourages GPs and...

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• Officials at Public Health England (PHE) say that the amount of activity people do starts to tail off from the age of 40

  • PostedAugust 25, 2017

  They are urging those between the ages of 40 and 60 to start taking regular brisk walks as just ten minutes a day could have a major impact, reducing the...

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