Public Health Observatories (PHOs) produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, commissioners, policy makers and the wider community. Our expertise lies in turning information and data into meaningful health intelligence.

This website brings together the national work and products developed by the network of nine PHOs in England (formerly the Association of Public Health Observatories - APHO). Each PHO has a policy lead area.

Revised and updated January 2012 - The profiles bring together a detailed picture of the burden of smoking-related disease, costs and action for every local authority and primary care trust in England.

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The PHOs have published updated data on health inequalities within each local authority and primary care organisation in England. The statistic presented is the slope index of inequality in life expectancy, for males and for females. Summaries are provided for each area.

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London Health Observatory and the Marmot Review Team have produced baseline figures for some key indicators of the social determinants of health, health outcomes and social inequality that correspond to the indicators proposed in The Marmot Review of Health Inequalities.

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The Health Inequalities Intervention Toolkit is designed to assist evidence-based local service planning and commissioning, including Joint Strategic Needs Assessments

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Speech by Chief Medical Officer regarding the ten year anniversary of the Public Health Observatories

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Revised and updated December 2011 - The profiles are designed to support GPs, clinical commissioning groups and PCTs to ensure that they are providing and commissioning effective and appropriate healthcare services for their local population.

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Updated modelled estimates of the prevalence of five long-term conditions with significant impact on the health and wellbeing of the population are now available to inform commissioning of services, and to support case finding and targeting of resources.

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A review of 10 years of public health intelligence delivered by public health observatories and a look ahead to future opportunities and challenges.

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Launch of the new National End of Life Care Intelligence Network

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