Health

The Chief Executive of Public Health England's weekly update message.

Clarification on hand sanitiser fire risk in hot vehicles

Staying alert and staying safe from 4 July.

The Chief Executive of Public Health England's weekly update message starts with a message of thanks to PHE staff, then covers the Leicester outbreak, local authorities’ Local Outbreak Plans and data on local outbreaks, two evidence reviews looking at Vitamin D and COVID-19, and Professor Dame Carol Black’s independent review into the misuse of illegal drugs in England.

Essex unites to say thank you in volunteer week.

Furlonteer is a not-for-profit project designed to connect charities and good causes with people who have been furloughed due to the coronavirus outbreak and want to offer their time as a volunteer.

Complex cases of COVID-19, such as those linked to care homes, prisons or schools, that are harder to contact trace are referred to PHE health protection teams. SWF has care homes, schools plus homeless people being looked after by CHESS in Chelmsford.

The Chief Executive of Public Health England's weekly update message covers the easing of lockdown, a study to improve our understanding of COVID-19 antibodies and immunity, the heatwave, drug and alcohol treatment funding for people sleeping rough, and the national #flextheUK campaign to make flexible working the norm.

The current COVID-19 pandemic will amplify the health risks from heat. Equally, in the context of the pandemic, we will need to take actions differently to prevent heat related harm to health. Find out more about PHE’s heatwave plans for 2020.