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Oct 15, 2024 · The main question for the government is whether to establish a new executive agency for public health, with a dual mission of health improvement and health protection at national and regional levels, or whether alternative—less disruptive—solutions would suffice.
Aug 18, 2020 · The government plans to abolish Public Health England (PHE) and replace it with a new agency that will specifically deal with preparation for pandemics.
- Gareth Iacobucci
- 2020
Aug 18, 2020 · Health and care secretary Matt Hancock said today that a new organisation with the “primary focus” of public health protection and infectious disease capability was being set up by the government.
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the UK government dissolved England’s national public health agency, Public Health England. The decision led to the creation of the UK Health Security Agency to lead on health protection and the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, focusing on health improvement.
Regarding the UKHSA, its relationship with the devolved nations, each of which has its own public health agency, must be clarified and transparent. There also needs to be strong partnership working within England with regional public health teams, ICSs, and local government.
Nov 19, 2021 · There are two inter-related sets of reforms ongoing in England: to integrated care, with key enabling legislation on its way through parliament, and to public health, with the demise of Public Health England and creation of new bodies to replace it.
Sep 15, 2020 · In August the government announced its plans to abolish Public Health England (PHE) in a shake-up that will merge it with NHS Test and Trace and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to form a new agency—the National Institute for Health Protection—under a single leadership team.
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