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 I am writing on a Wednesday because the period of pre-election sensitivity comes into effect tomorrow and all organisations in receipt of public funds need to take great care during this time. And so my next Friday message …
Obesity is one of the greatest contributors to early death and disability in England and nearly a third of children are at risk of poor health in later life due to their weight.
Dear everyone I am writing this week from Sierra Leone, where PHE is training local staff to run the three laboratories that we established in Freetown, Makeni and Bo during the Ebola epidemic and will be handing over to the …
Dear everyone On Thursday we published baseline data and guidelines for industry to remove 20% of sugar by 2020 in foods most popular with children as part of our sugar reduction programme – a key milestone in the delivery of …
Dear everyone The event in central London on Wednesday reminded us of the bravery and responsiveness of our emergency services and our thoughts are with all those affected. Professor David Heymann, Chair of PHE, convened his final board meeting this week …
Dear everyone Suicide is the leading cause of death for men under 50, and more women are taking their own lives each year. There is growing evidence behind a number of actions that can help to prevent suicide, and support …
Over recent months we’ve been speaking to NHS trusts at different stages of the journey to becoming tobacco-free. Implementing smokefree grounds is something that some have struggled with, but there are useful learnings out there too. A tobacco-free NHS is …
In November 2016, I wrote to the chief executive of every NHS trust in England, calling for their personal commitment to work with PHE towards a truly tobacco-free NHS. We're delighted that Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust and Ipswich Hospital …
Dear everyone We warmly welcome the Chancellor’s confirmation on Wednesday of how the levy on sugary drinks will operate in practice from 2018.
Dear everyone One in four patients in our acute hospital beds are smokers, yet recent figures from the British Thoracic Society show that only 1 in 13 patients who smoke are referred for treatment for tobacco addiction and only 1 …
