This document describes the strategic approach to information and knowledge that the UK public health system needs to take in order to improve and protect public health and reduce inequalities. It is a response on behalf of the whole public health system, under the leadership of Public Health England (PHE).

This strategy describes how PHE will meet the knowledge and information requirements of practitioners across the wider public health system. The audience for this document is therefore broad and diverse. It will have an impact on the way the wider public health workforce operates and provides the means to increase the engagement with those who would not traditionally consider themselves public health practitioners.