Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
@adphuk.bsky.social
Supporting Directors of Public Health (DsPH) across the UK to promote and protect good health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
🎉 Absolutely thrilled to see four ADPH members on this year's New Year Honours List.
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
December 29, 2025 at 11:15 PM
🎉 Absolutely thrilled to see four ADPH members on this year's New Year Honours List.
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
Congratulations to our President @felly500.bsky.social OBE, Vice President Alice Wiseman MBE, Dr Catherine Mbema MBE & Tim Allison MBE! 👏
📢The ADPH office will be closed from tomorrow until Friday 2nd January.
Thank you to everyone for your support throughout 2025!
We look forward to continuing working with you to improve public health for everyone next year!
Thank you to everyone for your support throughout 2025!
We look forward to continuing working with you to improve public health for everyone next year!
December 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
📢The ADPH office will be closed from tomorrow until Friday 2nd January.
Thank you to everyone for your support throughout 2025!
We look forward to continuing working with you to improve public health for everyone next year!
Thank you to everyone for your support throughout 2025!
We look forward to continuing working with you to improve public health for everyone next year!
In this month's blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social considers the progress made throughout the year, the new funding arrangements for public health in England, and how working in partnership is key to achieving the ambition of a healthier nation.
👀Read in full➡️ bit.ly/48RiwEr
👀Read in full➡️ bit.ly/48RiwEr
December 23, 2025 at 11:40 AM
In this month's blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social considers the progress made throughout the year, the new funding arrangements for public health in England, and how working in partnership is key to achieving the ambition of a healthier nation.
👀Read in full➡️ bit.ly/48RiwEr
👀Read in full➡️ bit.ly/48RiwEr
The latest edition of our newsletter, eDPH, is now available to download.
In this month's edition, we hear from @annahartley.bsky.social, Director of Public Health & Communities for @barnsleycouncil.bsky.social.
👀Read now➡️bit.ly/adpheDPH
In this month's edition, we hear from @annahartley.bsky.social, Director of Public Health & Communities for @barnsleycouncil.bsky.social.
👀Read now➡️bit.ly/adpheDPH
December 22, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The latest edition of our newsletter, eDPH, is now available to download.
In this month's edition, we hear from @annahartley.bsky.social, Director of Public Health & Communities for @barnsleycouncil.bsky.social.
👀Read now➡️bit.ly/adpheDPH
In this month's edition, we hear from @annahartley.bsky.social, Director of Public Health & Communities for @barnsleycouncil.bsky.social.
👀Read now➡️bit.ly/adpheDPH
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
December 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
🎧👀Our video podcast, made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has gone from strength to strength this year and there are plenty more interviews with ADPH members to come in 2026⬇️
🙏Thank you for listening/watching!
🙏Thank you for listening/watching!
December 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM
🎧👀Our video podcast, made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has gone from strength to strength this year and there are plenty more interviews with ADPH members to come in 2026⬇️
🙏Thank you for listening/watching!
🙏Thank you for listening/watching!
🎉A big step forward! We are v pleased to see a commitment to addressing unacceptable differences people from different backgrounds face in accessing care.
Now we must work to improve & protect mental health at a population level.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4oVo99j
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Now we must work to improve & protect mental health at a population level.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4oVo99j
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Mental Health Bill receives Royal Assent, revolutionising care
The Mental Health Bill has received Royal Assent to modernise outdated mental health laws and improve care for seriously ill patients.
www.gov.uk
December 18, 2025 at 4:52 PM
🎉A big step forward! We are v pleased to see a commitment to addressing unacceptable differences people from different backgrounds face in accessing care.
Now we must work to improve & protect mental health at a population level.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4oVo99j
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Now we must work to improve & protect mental health at a population level.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4oVo99j
www.gov.uk/government/n...
📢Very excited to be a partner for next year's International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health.
Registrations are now officially open⬇️⬇️
Registrations are now officially open⬇️⬇️
🚨 Register for LEPH2026 🚨
We’re delighted to open registrations for LEPH2026, to be held @universityofleeds.bsky.social from 6-9 Sept 2026.
Early bird tickets & discounts for voluntary organisations, students & @glepha.bsky.social members available.
Register:
eu.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.p...
We’re delighted to open registrations for LEPH2026, to be held @universityofleeds.bsky.social from 6-9 Sept 2026.
Early bird tickets & discounts for voluntary organisations, students & @glepha.bsky.social members available.
Register:
eu.eventscloud.com/ereg/index.p...
LEPH 2026
eu.eventscloud.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📢Very excited to be a partner for next year's International Conference on Law Enforcement & Public Health.
Registrations are now officially open⬇️⬇️
Registrations are now officially open⬇️⬇️
Great round up of successful public health interventions from @rsph.bsky.social ⬇️
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
Successful public health interventions change lives for the better.
As we head into 2026, we're counting down our picks for the top ten public health achievements of the 21st century.
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As we head into 2026, we're counting down our picks for the top ten public health achievements of the 21st century.
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December 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Great round up of successful public health interventions from @rsph.bsky.social ⬇️
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
In his latest blog, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social explores what makes public health success stories work, and what lessons we can learn from them.
👀➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2025/11/public-healths-greatest-hits/
Earlier today, our President, @felly500.bsky.social, went to @10dowingstreet.bsky.social to meet with Isabel Abbs, Special Adviser to the PM on Health and Social Care to discuss the role Directors of Public Health can play in helping achieve the ambition of a healthier nation.
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Earlier today, our President, @felly500.bsky.social, went to @10dowingstreet.bsky.social to meet with Isabel Abbs, Special Adviser to the PM on Health and Social Care to discuss the role Directors of Public Health can play in helping achieve the ambition of a healthier nation.
🌍10 yrs ago today, the Paris agreement was signed at COP21.
Directors of Public Health can bring the right people together at the right time & already work in partnership across multiple sectors on measures which improve health AND the environment.
👀Find out more➡️bit.ly/dwarfsotherthreats
Directors of Public Health can bring the right people together at the right time & already work in partnership across multiple sectors on measures which improve health AND the environment.
👀Find out more➡️bit.ly/dwarfsotherthreats
December 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
🌍10 yrs ago today, the Paris agreement was signed at COP21.
Directors of Public Health can bring the right people together at the right time & already work in partnership across multiple sectors on measures which improve health AND the environment.
👀Find out more➡️bit.ly/dwarfsotherthreats
Directors of Public Health can bring the right people together at the right time & already work in partnership across multiple sectors on measures which improve health AND the environment.
👀Find out more➡️bit.ly/dwarfsotherthreats
Giving evidence to the Health & Social Care Select Committee yesterday, one of our members, Siobhan Farmer, Director of Public Health for Gloucestershire, explained why taking health and wellbeing into account in planning decisions plays such a crucial role in supporting people to stay active.
December 11, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Giving evidence to the Health & Social Care Select Committee yesterday, one of our members, Siobhan Farmer, Director of Public Health for Gloucestershire, explained why taking health and wellbeing into account in planning decisions plays such a crucial role in supporting people to stay active.
🎙️In the latest #PHSpotlight, made with Panoramic Associates, Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council explains why human behaviour is influenced by much more than individual choice & how that impacts our health.
👀🎧Listen/watch now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
👀🎧Listen/watch now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
December 9, 2025 at 12:28 PM
🎙️In the latest #PHSpotlight, made with Panoramic Associates, Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council explains why human behaviour is influenced by much more than individual choice & how that impacts our health.
👀🎧Listen/watch now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
👀🎧Listen/watch now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
December 8, 2025 at 5:13 PM
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
“Without reliable, safe, joined-up routes to walk, wheel and cycle, people cannot reasonably be expected to travel actively, impacting health, opportunities and independence from childhood to older adulthood.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Active travel groups call for clear targets on walking and cycling in England
Exclusive: Groups including British Cycling call for active travel strategy to be put on equal footing with road and rail
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:32 PM
“Without reliable, safe, joined-up routes to walk, wheel and cycle, people cannot reasonably be expected to travel actively, impacting health, opportunities and independence from childhood to older adulthood.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
5 years ago, the world's first Covid-19 vaccine was given. It changed the course of the pandemic & has enabled society to live with the virus.
💉s prevent around 5 million deaths from 20+ life-threatening diseases every year.
👀➡️bit.ly/3uJGnnQ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5522...
💉s prevent around 5 million deaths from 20+ life-threatening diseases every year.
👀➡️bit.ly/3uJGnnQ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5522...
Covid-19 vaccine: First person receives Pfizer jab in UK
Margaret Keenan, who turns 91 next week, becomes the first person in the world to get the jab as part of a mass vaccination programme, calling it the
www.bbc.co.uk
December 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
5 years ago, the world's first Covid-19 vaccine was given. It changed the course of the pandemic & has enabled society to live with the virus.
💉s prevent around 5 million deaths from 20+ life-threatening diseases every year.
👀➡️bit.ly/3uJGnnQ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5522...
💉s prevent around 5 million deaths from 20+ life-threatening diseases every year.
👀➡️bit.ly/3uJGnnQ
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-5522...
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Over 4 million children in the UK are living in poverty.
Today’s #ChildPovertyStrategy recognises that as well as reducing costs, access to well-designed local places make a real difference to children’s outcomes.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Over 4 million children in the UK are living in poverty.
Today’s #ChildPovertyStrategy recognises that as well as reducing costs, access to well-designed local places make a real difference to children’s outcomes.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Over half a million children to be lifted out of poverty as government unveils historic child poverty strategy
Around 550,000 children will be lifted out of poverty by 2030 – the biggest reduction in a single parliament since records began – as the Government launches its Child Poverty Strategy today (Friday 5...
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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Over 4 million children in the UK are living in poverty.
Today’s #ChildPovertyStrategy recognises that as well as reducing costs, access to well-designed local places make a real difference to children’s outcomes.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Over 4 million children in the UK are living in poverty.
Today’s #ChildPovertyStrategy recognises that as well as reducing costs, access to well-designed local places make a real difference to children’s outcomes.
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"It's really important that we focus on prevention if we want to secure a healthier nation."
👀Read @CMOCymru's annual report ➡️www.gov.wales/chief-medical-officer-annual-report-2024-2025
👀Read @CMOCymru's annual report ➡️www.gov.wales/chief-medical-officer-annual-report-2024-2025
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"It's really important that we focus on prevention if we want to secure a healthier nation."
👀Read @CMOCymru's annual report ➡️www.gov.wales/chief-medical-officer-annual-report-2024-2025
👀Read @CMOCymru's annual report ➡️www.gov.wales/chief-medical-officer-annual-report-2024-2025
The CMO for England's new annual report explores the latest facts and figures about infectious diseases and makes recommendations to the public, doctors, other healthcare professionals and to the Government about how best to tackle them⬇️⬇️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2025: infections
Professor Chris Whitty’s annual report considers trends, successes and challenges in preventing and treating infectious diseases.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The CMO for England's new annual report explores the latest facts and figures about infectious diseases and makes recommendations to the public, doctors, other healthcare professionals and to the Government about how best to tackle them⬇️⬇️
www.gov.uk/government/p...
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Proud to be supporting this joint call on Gov to deliver a strong & fair Food Strategy for everyone as members of @oha-updates.bsky.social, in partnership with Sustain, Eating Better, Wildlife and Countryside Link & Plant-Based Food Alliance UK.
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/12/04/f...
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/12/04/f...
Five alliances representing over 160 organisations urge the UK Government to deliver a strong, fair Food Strategy - Obesity Health Alliance
The Obesity Health Alliance and four other food and farming Alliances are today urging the government to deliver a strong and fair Food Strategy. Earlier this year, the Obesity Health Alliance, alongs...
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk
December 4, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Proud to be supporting this joint call on Gov to deliver a strong & fair Food Strategy for everyone as members of @oha-updates.bsky.social, in partnership with Sustain, Eating Better, Wildlife and Countryside Link & Plant-Based Food Alliance UK.
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/12/04/f...
obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/2025/12/04/f...
In our response to the 🚭consultation, we urge the Gov to consider how vapes, which can be a helpful tool for smokers when trying to quit, are marketed to reduce their appeal to children & young people.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4arcviP
www.gov.uk/government/c...
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4arcviP
www.gov.uk/government/c...
Tobacco and vapes: evidence to support legislation
www.gov.uk
December 3, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In our response to the 🚭consultation, we urge the Gov to consider how vapes, which can be a helpful tool for smokers when trying to quit, are marketed to reduce their appeal to children & young people.
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4arcviP
www.gov.uk/government/c...
👀Read our response➡️bit.ly/4arcviP
www.gov.uk/government/c...
New report from @aha-uk.bsky.social shows a huge level of support for minimum unit pricing.
Evidence from Scotland shows that not only does MUP significantly reduce the number of alcohol related deaths and hospital admissions, it barely affects prices in pubs and clubs.
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Evidence from Scotland shows that not only does MUP significantly reduce the number of alcohol related deaths and hospital admissions, it barely affects prices in pubs and clubs.
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📢 New report alert 📢
Minimum Unit Pricing in the UK: Who's backing it and who's blocking it?
We've analysed stakeholder positions on MUP to build a clearer picture of support and opposition, major reasons why, and whether MUP really is as polarising as portrayed.
📑 ahauk.org/resource/min...
Minimum Unit Pricing in the UK: Who's backing it and who's blocking it?
We've analysed stakeholder positions on MUP to build a clearer picture of support and opposition, major reasons why, and whether MUP really is as polarising as portrayed.
📑 ahauk.org/resource/min...
December 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
New report from @aha-uk.bsky.social shows a huge level of support for minimum unit pricing.
Evidence from Scotland shows that not only does MUP significantly reduce the number of alcohol related deaths and hospital admissions, it barely affects prices in pubs and clubs.
👀⬇️ ⬇️
Evidence from Scotland shows that not only does MUP significantly reduce the number of alcohol related deaths and hospital admissions, it barely affects prices in pubs and clubs.
👀⬇️ ⬇️
Our Vice President, Alice Wiseman, has written in Healthcare Leader in the first of a series of columns commenting on the Government's three shifts⬇️
healthcareleadernews.com/insight/shif...
healthcareleadernews.com/insight/shif...
Shifting sickness to prevention requires a tougher stance on harmful products
In the first sickness to prevention column for Healthcare Leader, Alice Wiseman explores how the Government might realise this ambition
healthcareleadernews.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Our Vice President, Alice Wiseman, has written in Healthcare Leader in the first of a series of columns commenting on the Government's three shifts⬇️
healthcareleadernews.com/insight/shif...
healthcareleadernews.com/insight/shif...
‼️New episode available
🎙️The latest episode of #PHSpotlight, our video podcast made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has just landed.
This time, we hear from Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council.
👀🎧Watch/listen now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
🎙️The latest episode of #PHSpotlight, our video podcast made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has just landed.
This time, we hear from Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council.
👀🎧Watch/listen now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
December 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
‼️New episode available
🎙️The latest episode of #PHSpotlight, our video podcast made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has just landed.
This time, we hear from Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council.
👀🎧Watch/listen now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
🎙️The latest episode of #PHSpotlight, our video podcast made in partnership with Panoramic Associates, has just landed.
This time, we hear from Colin Cox, Director of Public Health Cumberland Council.
👀🎧Watch/listen now ➡️bit.ly/PHSpotlight
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
December 1, 2025 at 4:38 PM
📢Our weekly round up of consultations is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan