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Environment

Environmental health is the area of public health that deals with all the different ways the world around us can impact our physical and mental wellbeing. It explores how external forces can impact how we eat, live, and grow and covers topic areas such as air quality, transport, road safety, licensing, fast food outlets, accessible green space and many other topic areas.

Useful Resources

  • Helping tackle climate change one meal at a time (Directors of Public Health report for Berkshire 2021/22)

    This independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report was jointly produced by the DsPH for Berkshire East and Berkshire West and focuses on food, sustainability and climate change.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for RBWM 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in RBWM.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for Slough 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in Slough.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for Bracknell Forest 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in Bracknell Forest.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Spatial planning for health: evidence review (Public Health England, 2017)

    This review provides public health planners and local communities with evidence informed principles for designing healthy places.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Wider Determinants of Health Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on the wider determinants of health including the environment, education, employment and income, crime, health outcomes, health assets and vulnerable groups.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile
  • Environment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources on the environment, including guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2017: Health impacts of all pollution

    Professor Dame Sally Davies’s ninth report as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) discusses the threat to health posed by pollution to people living in England.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Understanding the health effects of climate change (UK Health Security Agency 2021)

    UK Health Security Agency summary on understanding the health effects of climate change (extreme weather events, impacts on food supplies and affecting the air we breathe).

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Air Quality Statistics (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    An annual update on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK (national statistics)

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Air quality and emissions statistics (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    This collection brings together documents relating to Air quality and emissions statistics.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Emissions of air pollutants (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    An annual publication covering the emissions of some important air pollutants (national statistics)

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • UK Air Information Resource (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs)

    Air pollution forecast and latest measures of air quality

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air Quality domain map for Bracknell Forest (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for Bracknell Forest.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air Quality domain map for Slough (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for Slough.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map for RBWM (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for RBWM.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for Bracknell Forest (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for Bracknell Forest.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for Slough (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for Slough.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for RBWM (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for RBWM.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • Transport – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources on transport, including guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Transport Statistics (Department for Transport)

    Department for Transport publishes official statistics relating to the transport system in Great Britain.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • How life has changed in Bracknell Forest: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Bracknell Forest from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • How life has changed in Slough: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Slough from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • How life has changed in Windsor and Maidenhead: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Windsor and Maidenhead from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Health Profile for England 2021 (Public Health England)

    The Health Profile for England (HPfE) was first produced by Public Health England (PHE) in 2017. It brings together PHE data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England today. The report has been updated annually, with content and format altering slightly each year.

    The 2021 edition of the HPfE provides a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s health and updates many indicators presented in previous reports. It also contains a summary of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on many aspects of health.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile

Currently no resources for this region

  • Spatial planning for health: evidence review (Public Health England, 2017)

    This review provides public health planners and local communities with evidence informed principles for designing healthy places.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Wider Determinants of Health Profile (Office for Health Improvement and Disparities)

    This Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) profile collates national, regional and local data on the wider determinants of health including the environment, education, employment and income, crime, health outcomes, health assets and vulnerable groups.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile
  • Environment – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources on the environment, including guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Chief Medical Officer’s Annual Report 2017: Health impacts of all pollution

    Professor Dame Sally Davies’s ninth report as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) discusses the threat to health posed by pollution to people living in England.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Understanding the health effects of climate change (UK Health Security Agency 2021)

    UK Health Security Agency summary on understanding the health effects of climate change (extreme weather events, impacts on food supplies and affecting the air we breathe).

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Air Quality Statistics (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    An annual update on concentrations of major air pollutants in the UK (national statistics)

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Air quality and emissions statistics (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    This collection brings together documents relating to Air quality and emissions statistics.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Emissions of air pollutants (Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs)

    An annual publication covering the emissions of some important air pollutants (national statistics)

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • UK Air Information Resource (Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs)

    Air pollution forecast and latest measures of air quality

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Transport – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources

    National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) resources on transport, including guidance and quality standards.

    View resource
    Guidance and Best Practice
  • Transport Statistics (Department for Transport)

    Department for Transport publishes official statistics relating to the transport system in Great Britain.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis
  • Health Profile for England 2021 (Public Health England)

    The Health Profile for England (HPfE) was first produced by Public Health England (PHE) in 2017. It brings together PHE data and knowledge with information from other sources to give a broad picture of the health of people in England today. The report has been updated annually, with content and format altering slightly each year.

    The 2021 edition of the HPfE provides a comprehensive snapshot of the nation’s health and updates many indicators presented in previous reports. It also contains a summary of the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on many aspects of health.

    View resource
    Fingertips Profile

Currently no resources for this region

  • Helping tackle climate change one meal at a time (Directors of Public Health report for Berkshire 2021/22)

    This independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report was jointly produced by the DsPH for Berkshire East and Berkshire West and focuses on food, sustainability and climate change.

    View resource
    Research and Reports

Currently no resources for this region

  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for Bracknell Forest 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in Bracknell Forest.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air Quality domain map for Bracknell Forest (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for Bracknell Forest.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for Bracknell Forest (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for Bracknell Forest.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • How life has changed in Bracknell Forest: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Bracknell Forest from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis

Currently no resources for this region

  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for Slough 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in Slough.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air Quality domain map for Slough (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for Slough.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for Slough (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for Slough.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • How life has changed in Slough: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Slough from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis

Currently no resources for this region

  • Creating the right environments for health (Director of Public Health Report for RBWM 2018)

    The independent Director of Public Health (DPH) report for 2018 focussed on green space, the environment and how this impacted on the health of people in RBWM.

    View resource
    Research and Reports
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map for RBWM (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Air quality domain map by lower super output area for RBWM.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the air quality domain and the presence of air pollutants (NO2 level, PM10 level, SO2 level).

    View resource
    Maps
  • Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map for RBWM (2022)

    Access to Healthy Assets and Hazard (AHAH): Green space domain map by lower super output area for RBWM.
    This uses data from the Consumer Data Research Centre, which creates an index based on four domains to assess an areas health. This map looks at the physical environment and access to green spaces.

    View resource
    Maps
  • How life has changed in Windsor and Maidenhead: Census 2021 (Office for National Statistics, 2023)

    A summary of how life has changed in Windsor and Maidenhead from the 2011 census to the 2021 census. This focuses on more detailed demographic data, including age, ethnicity, country of birth, religion, disability and health, caring responsibilities, housing, employment and health.

    View resource
    Data and Analysis

Currently no resources for this region

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