Duncan Selbie is the founding Chief Executive of Public Health England. Prior to 2013, he was Chief Executive of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals, the regional teaching hospital for the south east of England. From 2003 to 2007 he was the Director General of Programmes and Performance for the NHS and subsequently its first Director General of Commissioning. Prior to this, he was Chief Executive of South East London Strategic Health Authority and before that Chief Executive of the South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust. He joined the NHS in January 1980.
Dear everyone Our response to the announcement made about breast screening last week has continued at great pace, with every sensitivity and the dedication needed to ensure all those affected receive advice and appropriate follow-up. The helpline is continuing to …
Dear everyone For obvious reasons there is only one matter to cover this week - the failure over many years to invite a large number of women to their final breast cancer screen. For most of us early detection and …
I am writing on a Thursday because of the Easter weekend break, which I hope will bring everyone some rest and relaxation. Today we published our annual business plan for 2018/19, which addresses the high level objectives set out in …
Dear everyone Knowing what people think of us means we can keep alive to where we can improve as well as feel good about when we get it right. We recently received the results of our latest stakeholder survey from …
Dear everyone You will all be more than aware of the ongoing concerns in Salisbury and it felt right this week to focus solely on this. Yesterday, Prime Minister Theresa May visited Wiltshire and Salisbury and as part of this …
Dear everyone On Tuesday we began the next phase of the childhood obesity plan, with a call to the food industry to reduce overall calories in thirteen categories of food by 20% over the next five years. This builds on …
Dear everyone There is no other way to begin this week other than saying thank you to local authorities and to every person across the health and social care family who has battled the so called ‘Beast from the East’ …
Dear everyone I had the privilege of spending the morning in Blackpool on Monday and to see again at first hand how local government are tackling the root causes of poor health through a focus on re-energising their housing policy, …
Dear everyone, E-cigarettes are controversial but with nearly three million people using them, sitting on the fence on this was never an option. The key thing is to compare the harm of an e-cigarette with smoking tobacco rather than comparing …
Dear everyone Stroke is the third most common cause of early death and a leading cause of disability in the UK. Although the majority of strokes occur in older people, 38% of first time strokes happen in middle-aged adults, the proportion of …
