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 Winter always brings about additional pressure on the NHS and public services and this makes it even more important that people take steps to protect their health and stay well. The most obvious measure to take is to …
Dear everyone For the first time the UK has seen a decline in new HIV diagnoses. This week we reported that in 2016, 5,164 people were newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK, an 18% decline on the previous year, …
Dear everyone This week I have been in Seattle contributing to a conference celebrating a study, funded by the Gates Foundation, which started twenty years ago and has since helped transform health care policy across the globe, hugely impacting research, …
Dear everyone, This week saw more lives lost in a natural disaster in Mexico City and the UK government is heavily engaged in supporting the British overseas territories in the Caribbean in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria. Our …
Dear everyone, Five years in, the public health system is strong and in good shape and our annual conference this week brought together over 1500 people from every conceivable profession, discipline and organisation
Dear everyone Having a good boss is good for your health. Having a poor boss is the most common reason people leave a job and is more important to most people than levels of pay and exacting work. Being valued …
Dear everyone Promoting and maintaining good mental health is something for all of us. We can all help make a difference and work in ways that reduce the stigma still attached to mental illness, improve the health and lives of …
When the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published last year, it signalled that a step change was needed to prevent mental health problems.
Dear everyone In 1962 the Smoking and Health study by the Royal College of Physicians laid out to the public and politicians the true harms of smoking for the first time. It stated that about 70% of men and 40% …
Dear everyone No one will have missed the news coverage of the tragedy unfolding in Freetown in Sierra Leone, with hundreds of people including children losing their life in a landslide caused by severe flooding. PHE remains in Sierra Leone …
