South East
PHE South East Weekly Briefing
27h November 2015
Duncan Selbie's Friday messages: 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK
Environmental permitting and the role of Public Health England
This guide describes how the EA consults PHE on environmental permit applications and how PHE
responds to these consultations. Environmental permitting
HIV in the United Kingdom
The second of two situation reports by Public Health England about HIV in the UK.
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/hiv-in-the-united-kingdom
Alcohol brief intervention: where next for identification and brief advice (IBA)? This briefing warns
that unless decisive and coordinated action is taken, the effectiveness of the UK’s current approach to
alcohol brief interventions will wane, hampering the IBA programme’s ability to deliver important
benefits to those at risk from harmful levels of drinking. Alcohol IBA
The district council contribution to public health: a time of challenge and opportunity’.
This report was commissioned by the District Councils’ Network (DCN) in 2015. Its intention is to
contribute to the understanding, assessment and development of the role of district councils in
improving the health of their citizens and communities. It focuses on district councils’ role in promoting
public health through some of their key functions and enabling roles.
http://districtcouncils.info/files/2015/11/DCN-161115.pdf
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Exploring how NHS data can be used to show the inequality gap in mental healthcareThis project,
funded by the Cabinet Office Public Sector Transparency Board, set out to explore how far public data
about mental health services could be turned into useful public information for people using those
services, their families and local communities. Report
Refugees
A one-stop resource for councilors and council officers to answer any questions you might have about
taking in refugees. This includes regional contacts, where to direct residents offering housing and our
media statements, amongst other resources. - See more at:
http://www.local.gov.uk/refugees#sthash.l93qfshs.dpuf
Health Protection Report is a national public health bulletin for England and Wales, published by Public
Health England.
Current news
 English Surveillance Programme for Antimicrobial Utilisation and Resistance annual
report
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Surveillance of antimicrobial resistance in Neisseria Gonorrhoeae
Routine infection reports
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government/publications/pyogenic-and-non-pyogenic-streptococcal-bacteraemia-
A cluster randomised controlled trial comparing the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a schoolbased cognitive behavioural therapy programme (FRIENDS) in the reduction of anxiety and
improvement in mood in children aged 9/10 years
Anxiety in children is common, impairs everyday functioning and increases the risk of severe mental
health disorders in adulthood, yet few children with anxiety are identified and referred for treatment.
The aim of this study was to investigate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a universal
school-based preventative programme in reducing symptoms of anxiety and low mood. Report
National pregnancy in diabetes audit report – 2014
The National Pregnancy in Diabetes (NPID) Audit report 2014 is the second annual report from a continuous audit
of the quality of care and outcomes for women with diabetes who become pregnant.
National pregnancy in diabetes audit report – 2014
Public Health England South East
FOCUS ON HEALTH INEQUALITIES
PHE and NHS England - Health Inequalities Webinar series
Please join us for the first of our Health Inequalities focussed webinars at 12.30pm on Thursday 10
December. The webinars, which are a part of ongoing joint work on health inequalities by PHE and
NHSE, is to share practical examples on action to reduce health inequalities. It will be hosted by Vittoria
Polito, PHE Healthcare Variation & Value Lead, and Nithya Nanda from Slough CCGs talking about
Slough’s innovative diabetes improvement program using the right care approach. It will include
presentations on the Atlas of Variations and the Commissioning for Value Packs/Pathways from the CCG
perspective. Register online. Email [email protected] for more information
Updated IMD briefing
A few weeks a go, we circulated an IMD briefing. This has now been updated and is attached below.
Any comments or feedback to [email protected]
IMD2015 updated
version.pdf
Health Inequalities within England and English Upper Tier Local Authorities: 2009 to 2013
Summary measures of health inequality within regions and local authorities based on small area
rankings. Inequalites in life expectancies
Healthy beginnings: giving our children the best start in life
This report highlights the opportunity for improvement of care for children following the transfer of
public health commissioning responsibilities for under-fives to local government. It contains essays from
system leaders discussing ways in which care for children could be higher quality and more seamlessly
organised. Healthy Beginnings
Inequalities in health and life expectancies persist
A new ONS report produced in conjunction with PHE has been published revealing the scale of
inequalities in life expectancy and healthy life expectancy across England, but also within local authority
areas.
The data shows that wide inequalities exist not only between the most and least deprived areas of the
country; but between the most and least deprived areas within local councils across the country.
This is the first time such an analysis has been done and it will help health professionals, both nationally
and within local authority areas, assess, down to very small geographies, where they need to focus their
efforts.
The number of years an individual could expect to live in good health (healthy life expectancy) in 2009 to
2013 in England was 63.5 years for males and 64.8 years for females.
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