Staying Healthy

Public Health Information

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Register for info4local, the one-stop information gateway for local public services.  You can use this portal to get quick and easy access to the information you need from central government departments, agencies and public bodies, and receive email alerts.

Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO)
APHO represents and co-ordinates a network of 12 public health observatories (PHOs) working across the five nations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.  They are the focus for joint public health intelligence work with organisations across these nations, and those working in Europe and beyond.  APHO facilitates joint working across the PHOs to produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the wider community.  High quality public health intelligence is central to both local and central government health policy and decision-making.

Health Profiles are produced annually to give a snapshot of health in local areas. They are designed to help local government and PCTs tackle health inequalities and improve people's health.

Department of Health
Provides health and social care policy, guidance and publications.

Faculty of Public Health
The Faculty aims:

• to promote, for the public benefit, the advancement of knowledge in the field of public health.

• to develop public health with a view to maintaining the highest possible standards of professional competence and practice.

• to act as an authoritative body for consultation in matters of education or public interest concerning public health.

Health Protection Agency
The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is an independent body that protects the health and well-being of the population. The Agency plays a critical role in protecting people from infectious diseases and in preventing harm when hazards involving chemicals, poisons or radiation occur.  Prepare for new and emerging threats, such as a bio-terrorist attack or virulent new strain of disease.

Healthy Ambitions – Yorkshire and the Humber Staying Healthy Pathway
The NHS Next Stage Review is about shaping the NHS over the next decade. The aim of this national review is to identify a world-class 21st century NHS which puts the patient first and listens to local people.  Healthy Ambitions is the outcome of the regional review in Yorkshire and the Humber to create better health and a better health service.

NHS Evidence
NHS Evidence provides free access to clinical and non-clinical information - local, regional, national and international. Information includes evidence, guidance and Government policy.  NHS staff who have an Athens account can also get free access to paid for journals.  NHS Evidence also provides access to 34 specialist collections which cover a wide range of common medical conditions, topics and health populations, and which were formerly part of the National Library for Health.”

National Library for Health
The mission of the National Library for Health (NLH) is to help patients and professionals use best current knowledge in decision-making.  The library consists of three main resources:

• Commitment of 1275 librarians who know the local communities, and their needs and priorities.

• National digital knowledge base, including Evidence Based Reviews, Guidance, Books, Journals, Bibliographic Databases (Medline, Cinahl etc), Images, Drugs and information for patients.

• Users, organised in communities of practice, which manage the National Specialist Libraries

NICE Public Health Guidance
Public health programme and intervention guidance, together with many Health Development Agency  publications.

National Library for Public Health
The library is being developed to provide high quality evidence e-based information on all aspects of public health.  It is designed for those working in the field of public health by providing a single source of access to web based evidence on public health.  The resources for the three priority areas of Tobacco, Obesity and Alcohol are fully available and other Choosing Health topic areas will be added shortly.

PHORCast
Public Health Online Resource for Careers, Skills and Training

The PHORCaST website has been created to help recruit, retain and develop the careers of people working in public health (including health and wellbeing) at all levels, and working in all sectors. It provides people and organisations with a wide-ranging source of information about roles and careers in public health, and it provides advice about how to assess your current position and how you might develop your skills and knowledge through education and training.

Yorkshire & Humber Public Health Observatory

• access point to data and public health information;

• analysis of health-related data;

• advice in a range of areas such as methods for health equity audit and health impact assessment;

• alerting to give early warning of public health problems;

• supporting local bodies to ensure that appropriate action is taken to reduce health inequalities.

Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network
The Yorkshire and Humber Teaching Public Health Network (YHTPHN) is one of 9 regional Networks established in 2006 by the Department of Health to increase teaching capacity and capability for the wider public health workforce.  On this site you will be able to join the network, find out about upcoming events via the online calendar, download information on previous events, access information about learning and development opportunities in the region and YHTPHN work on promoting healthy learning environments.

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