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Investing in Community Safety Partnerships to tackle local problems

Content from PFCC Three and a half years ago, you asked us to crack down on anti-social behaviour. We have reduced the number of recorded anti-social behaviour incidents by more than 8,000 (16 per cent). Highlights include: investing in council-led Community Safety Partnerships to tackle local problems extra enforcement powers extended to 350 people from … Continue reading Investing in Community Safety Partnerships to tackle local problems

Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 28 February 2020

Content from Public Health Matters blog COVID-19 An essential part of managing any outbreak of infection is to ensure that the public is confident in our science and that we communicate clearly how that science underpins the actions that we take to control the spread of disease. This is especially so with Covid-19 as new viruses … Continue reading Duncan Selbie’s Friday message – 28 February 2020

Health Matters: Smoking and mental health

Content from Public Health Matters Blog The latest edition of Health Matters, PHE’s professional resource, focuses on smoking among the population of people living with a broad range of mental health conditions, ranging from low mood and common conditions such as depression and anxiety, to more severe conditions such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. This … Continue reading Health Matters: Smoking and mental health

Volunteers join in bid to mass plant 1,000 new trees in South Woodham Ferrers

Content from Maldon and Burnham Standard SCORES of green-fingered volunteers mucked in to help fight climate change in a mass tree planting. More than 100 residents joined staff from Chelmsford City Council to plant 1,000 trees on land in South Woodham Ferrers’ Compass Gardens Park. Native species, including holly, oak and alder, were used to … Continue reading Volunteers join in bid to mass plant 1,000 new trees in South Woodham Ferrers

Giving everyone the opportunity to lead a healthy life

Content from Public Health Matters Blog A new decade brings fresh opportunities to look at how, as a nation, we can tackle inequalities in health. Ten years on from his original report, Michael Marmot and the Institute of Health Equity have produced a new and important contribution to this debate. The report highlights areas of continuing … Continue reading Giving everyone the opportunity to lead a healthy life