{"id":86540,"date":"2017-11-21T17:03:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:03:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?guid=b165b0cf668225b2c0f24beb6c3ff211"},"modified":"2017-11-21T17:03:39","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T17:03:39","slug":"news-story-review-finds-phe-a-public-health-agency-that-rivals-any-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/?p=86540","title":{"rendered":"News story: Review finds PHE a \u2018public health agency that rivals any in the world\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"govspeak\">\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/government\/publications\/evaluation-and-recommendations-for-phe-ianphi-review\">peer review<\/a> of Public Health England  (<abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>) by the International Association of National Public Health Institutes (<abbr title=\"International Association of National Public Health Institutes\">IANPHI<\/abbr>) has concluded that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">In less than 5 years <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> has, under strong and visionary leadership, transformed a geographically and functionally siloed group of 129 bodies into a strong, capable, coordinated, united and efficient public health agency that rivals any in the world.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><abbr title=\"International Association of National Public Health Institutes\">IANPHI<\/abbr> is a membership organisation of over 100 national public health institutes and agencies and they were asked to assess progress in 3 major areas focusing on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>leadership, strategy and delivery<\/li>\n<li>whether we are set up effectively and efficiently<\/li>\n<li>if we have the necessary impact and influence we need to fulfil our mission<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The review singled out and praised in particular <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>\u2019s response to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ebola<\/li>\n<li>immunisation programmes<\/li>\n<li>work on obesity and alcohol harm and smoking cessation programmes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We were also recognised for our excellent local knowledge and intelligence services and the value they bring to those making decisions on the front line.<\/p>\n<p>With changes to public health budgets, the panel reflected that making the economic case for prevention needs to form part of local plans at the outset and <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr> should continue to encourage an improved focus on prevention within the NHS, including general practice and primary care.<\/p>\n<p>It recommends that public health ambitions and targets should be a part of all NHS activities, including sustainability and transformation partnerships, where prevention outcomes should or could be included in each plan.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the review Duncan Selbie, Chief Executive of <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>, thanked the panel for their time and commitment in delivering this comprehensive review of <abbr title=\"Public Health England\">PHE<\/abbr>. He said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"last-child\">Inviting an external body to give a frank assessment has provided us with both food for thought and reason to celebrate. As ever, there is more to do but so much to be proud of too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Public Health England received some positive feedback from an international review of its processes, along with recommendations for future work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86540"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86540"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86540\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86540"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86540"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mostafa.openonline.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86540"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}