Stories
- Article
Guerrilla public health
From safe-use guides to needle exchange schemes, Harry Shapiro reflects on 40 years of drug harm reduction in the UK.
- Article
Medics and the bomb
Would a nuclear attack on the UK overwhelm the NHS? At the height of the Cold War, despite government optimism, medics predicted doom.
- Long read
Our complicated love affair with light
Sunlight is essential, but our relationship with artificial light is less clear cut. It expands what’s possible; it also obscures and polices. In this long read, Lauren Collee pits light against night, and reveals the shady places in between.
- Long read
Primodos, paternalism and the fight to be heard
Journalist Florence Wildblood examines the case of Primodos – a conveniently quick but risky hormone pregnancy test that was prescribed in the 1960s and ’70s – and profiles two women at the story’s shocking heart.
Catalogue
- Books
- Online
Behaviour change and antibiotic prescribing in healthcare settings : literature review and behavioural analysis / Public Health England, Department of Health.
Date: 2015- Books
- Online
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) systems map : overview of the factors influencing the development of AMR and the interactions between them / Department of Health, Public Health England, Department for Environment Food and Affairs, Veterinary Medicines Directorate.
Date: 2014- Books
Detailed results / Department of Health, NHS Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Service Medical and Dental Workforce Census.
Date: 1998- Archives and manuscripts
Department of Health Committee on AIDS Public Education (CAPE)
Date: 1987-1988Reference: SA/HEC/A/43/4/5/1Part of: Health Education Council and Health Education Authority- Books
Time for sugar swaps : free money-off vouchers, tips, stickers and more when you sign up! / Change 4 Life ; produced by Public Health England.
Date: [2014]