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The Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) represents a network of 12 public health observatories (PHOs) working across the five nations of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. We produce information, data and intelligence on people's health and health care for practitioners, policy makers and the wider community. Our expertise lies in turning information and data into meaningful health intelligence. APHO and the PHOs all have policy lead areas, which you can see these here

Improving Health and Lives

The Improving Health and Lives Learning Disabilities Observatory is here to keep watch on the health of people with learning disabilities and the health care they receive.

Health inequalities intervention tool 2010

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

National End of Life Care Intelligence Network

Launch of the new National End of Life Care Intelligence Network

Commissioning toolkit of parenting programmes

The Commissioning Toolkit of Parenting Programmes is a searchable online database which contains comprehensive descriptions of parenting programmes available for commission. It presents information about programmes – their aims, content, target groups and practitioner requirements and also rates them according to quality and effectiveness, allowing commissioners to make informed choices about how suitable a particular programme may be in meeting the needs of specific parents.

Indications of Public Health in the English Regions 10: Drug Use

This tenth in a series of national reports produced for the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) by the Association of Public Health Observatories (APHO) is on drug use. The report contains 46 different indicators of drug use relating to the individual, community and population across all nine English regions; with additional analysis of sub-regional inequalities where possible. An Executive Summary is also ava ...

HSJ Supplement 27 May 2010: Health Intelligence (in partnership with APHO)

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

CMO celebrates PHOs 10th Anniversary

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

Intelligent Commissioning

The report gives examples of the work of the Association, Public Health and Themed Observatories to support commissioning and looks at the way forward.

Urological Cancer Hub

The Urological Cancer Hub is designed to help support and inform professionals and the public about the current picture and past trends of urological cancers in England.

PCT Spend and Outcome Factsheets and Tool (SPOT)

The Factsheets present an overview of programme budgeting expenditure and outcomes for every PCT in England. The tool allows for further exploration of the data.

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