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A survey of postnatal women on a postnatal ward has provided insight into their contraceptive needs.
The first national study of its kind in England shows cancer patients have a 20% increased risk of suicide.
The Home Secretary today announced a review into the scheduling of cannabis for medicinal purposes.
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
Sajid Javid announces review of the scheduling of cannabis
A new study has found that the HPV vaccination has led to major reductions in the number of young women who have the infection, which can cause cervical cancer.
Latest developments in vaccines, vaccination policies and procedures for immunisation practitioners.
Healthcare professionals in GP surgeries and the community will soon give advice on dementia risk to patients as part of the NHS Health Check.
Children in England are on track to consume around 4,800 cubes of sugar by the end of the year, more than double the maximum recommendation.
Public Health England figures show there were 420,000 cases of sexually transmitted infections diagnosed in 2017, with cases of syphilis continuing to rise.
Public Health England and the Royal College of GPs are encouraging adults to focus on walking briskly rather than just counting steps to improve their health.
How Lincolnshire County Council used the Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework to assess their public health team's professional skills.
The NHS Diabetes Prevention Programme has seen high rates of referral from every GP practice in Luton.
This free seminar looked at what has been learned in the first four years of the Bif Lottery funded programme around how people with complex needs can best be supported and how that may inform commissioning.
The first assessment of industry progress on the government’s sugar reduction programme has been published.
A tool calculating the potential costs of air pollution will provide councils with further impetus to act and improve air quality.
The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team is being deployed to the Democratic Republic of Congo to help control the outbreak of Ebola virus disease.
Ministerial responses to Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) reports on drug misuse and dependency.
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