PublicHealthMatters 
Dear everyone NHS Test and Trace Yesterday saw the re-start of mass contact tracing and the bringing together of multiple moving parts under the auspices of NHS Test and Trace. Its success depends on the role of the Director of Public Health and their statutory responsibilities for protecting the health of the local communities, working … Read more
Dear everyone It is now 16 weeks since the first positive case of COVID-19 was found in the UK and more than 20 weeks since many of us have been tracking the progress of the virus from China. My key message to all of you today is to say the biggest possible thank you and to … Read more
Staying at home for Eid ul-Fitr will help to protect friends and family from coronavirus (COVID-19). The great effort on social distancing already achieved throughout Ramadan can be maintained by praying in the morning at home, not gathering in open space for Eid prayers and not meeting with friends and family. The festival of Eid … Read more
Most of us are spending more time indoors during COVID-19. Mental Health Awareness Week helps to promote and reiterate the importance of good mental health for everyone. Difficult emotions in the face of coronavirus (COVID-19) are a natural and widespread reaction and for most will recede with time. That does not make dealing with them … Read more
Coloured transmission electron micrograph (TEM) of a SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus particle isolated from a UK case of the disease Covid-19. One of PHE’s core functions is disease surveillance; making sure we have the right information available to us at the right time to inform decisions and actions across the public health system. Surveillance involves gathering a … Read more
Dear everyone COVID-19 recovery strategy The Prime Minister’s address to the nation on Sunday set out a three-step road map to recovery from the COVID-19 lockdown. Step one is about encouraging people who cannot work from home to go back to work in safe and ‘COVID-secure’ workplaces, as well as encouraging people to take more … Read more
Dear everyone The best news this week is that we are passing through the peak of the COVID-19 outbreak and that everyone’s huge sacrifice in staying at home is working. But the most important message this week is from the Prime Minister that this is also the moment of greatest risk and whilst plans are being … Read more
There is no better time to remind people why immunisations matter. Finding and deploying a vaccine in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic will be a critical factor in protecting lives in this country and across the world. Many diseases are preventable through comprehensive population immunisation programmes, and reductions in the incidence of illnesses such … Read more
The World Health Organization designated 2020 the International Year of the Nurse and Midwife in recognition of the vital roles of these professions to global health. Coronavirus (COVID-19) means that these roles are more vital than ever and being delivered in the most challenging circumstances, and we should be really proud of our professions as … Read more
Dear everyone Test, Track and Trace Alongside a new NHSX App – previewed here – and the anticipated very careful and gradual lifting of social distancing measures, phone and web-based contact tracing will be a critical part of the Government’s strategy in getting the country back on its feet. As the CMO said this week, … Read more