⏱️Don’t miss out! Our nominations for this year's ADPH Awards close in less than 4 days! 🏆
✍ Submit your nominations now ➡️ bit.ly/ADPHAwards2026
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Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
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Supporting Directors of Public Health (DsPH) across the UK to promote and protect good health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
@adphuk.bsky.social@adphuk.bsky.social📣 We have refreshed our What Good Looks Like publications on infants, children, & young people, & healthy weight. These publications serve as practical resources for #PH leaders across the UK to support practice improvement & inform local decision-making.
👀 Download our resources ➡️ bit.ly/4s4BLm4
@adphuk.bsky.social📣 We've published our updated policy position statement on devolution, summarising the key opportunities and challenges devolution presents, and our recommendations for effective implementation.💡
👀 Read more ➡️ bit.ly/4AY6FQT
@adphuk.bsky.social🙏 A big thank you to Everyone Health who will be sponsoring our Annual Conference this year. Everyone health provides a range of healthy lifestyle services to partners across the health sector, alongside prevention and treatment services, to improve the health and wellbeing of local communities.
@adphuk.bsky.social🎙️This #PublicHealthWorkforceWeek, we hear from 5 of our members in highlights from our podcast made with Panoramic Associates, exploring the DPH role & their career journeys.
Thank you to Peter Roderick, Sandra Husbands, Christina Gray, Stuart Keeble, & Dr Lincoln Sargeant for your reflections.
@adphuk.bsky.social👀 Read @felly500.bsky.social, ADPH President's comments in Convenience Store ⬇️ welcoming @oha-updates.bsky.social report that calls for outdated food advertising rules to reflect the latest nutritional guidance.
Read the report ➡️ obesityhealthalliance.org.uk/wp-content/u...
@adphuk.bsky.socialAt todays Transport, Planning & Health Conference, ADPH President @felly500.bsky.social, explored the changes needed in transport policy to create healthy places, inc shifting from a focus on individual responsibility to system action, & addressing the commercial forces shaping transport decisions.
@adphuk.bsky.socialAs #ChallengePovertyWeek is marked across Scotland, we’re joining #PH organisations across all 5 nations to tackle child poverty so that every child has a chance to have the best start in life.
Over the next year, we will work together to share evidence & support action to improve these outcomes.
@adphuk.bsky.social📣 We're thrilled to announce that HCRG Care Group are sponsoring this year's ADPH Practice Improvement Award 🏆 alongside supporting our annual conference as a Platinum Sponsor.
⏱️ Don't miss out! Our award nominations close in less than 1 week ➡️ bit.ly/ADPHAwards2026
@adphuk.bsky.social📝 We have submitted our response to the Government’s consultation on the Civil Contingencies Act 2004, which includes recommendations on strengthening local system resilience, & the role Strategic Authorities & Mayors can play in local resilience in England.
👀 Read our response ➡️ bit.ly/4b54pfV
@adphuk.bsky.social⏱️ Less than 1 week to go until our nominations close for this year's ADPH Awards!
Don’t miss out – submit your nominations now.🏆
👀 Find out more details about the award categories and download the nomination form ➡️ bit.ly/ADPHAwards2026
@adphuk.bsky.social🙏 A huge thank you to @nihr.bsky.social who will once again be sponsoring our Annual Conference, which is taking place later this year. NIHR works with a wide range of partners, inc local government & the NHS, to fund, enable & deliver research that aims to improve people's health & wellbeing.
@adphuk.bsky.social📝This report by @thekingsfund.bsky.social highlights the impact of cuts to public health funding — which means DsPH are facing difficult decisions about which services & initiatives to fund to develop healthier places for us to all live, work, & grow in.
@adphuk.bsky.socialOur weekly consultation scan is now available to download ➡️ bit.ly/phconsultationscan
@adphuk.bsky.social📝 We've submitted our response to the Government’s consultation on 🚬 & vapes packaging, appearance, & display, including recommendations to introduce plain packaging across all 🚬 products & restrictions on branding & imagery for heated 🚬 products.
Read our response ➡️ www.adph.org.uk/2026/10/adph...
@adphuk.bsky.social“Without consistent access to accredited public health expertise across the NHS, the system... is less able to act on health inequalities.”
👀 Read @felly500.bsky.social, ADPH President & Yvonne Doyle, Health Services Committee Chair at @fphuk.bsky.social on why the NHS needs #PH.
@adphuk.bsky.social📅 Today marks 1 year since restrictions on multibuy promotions for foods ⬆️ in fat, sugar & 🧂were enforced. Now, DsPH are building on this progress to ensure more measures are in place to tackle harmful commercial tactics ⬆️ sales of unhealthy food & drinks.
Read our recommendations ➡️ bit.ly/adphcdoh
@adphuk.bsky.social📣 We're delighted to announce that @nihr.bsky.social & @pubhealthjobsuk.bsky.social are sponsoring this year's ADPH Research & Team Awards.🏆
⏱️ Don't miss out! There are less than 2 weeks until our award nominations close. Nominate a DsPH & their team for the impact they're making ➡️ lnkd.in/eGx_-NGm
@adphuk.bsky.social👏 Great to see Wales raise the MUP of alcohol from 50p to 65p, bringing it in line with Scotland – a decision which is going to help save hundres of lives. Only by ⬇️ the affordability, availability & promotion of alcohol, can we truly reduce the impact of it’s harms.
@adphuk.bsky.social✍ This month's member blog features Claire McIver, who reflects on her first Director of Public Health role at @cheshire-east.bsky.social, and on the experiences and motivations that led her to pursue a career in public health.
👀 Read the full blog ➡️ bit.ly/4b54pfV
