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.
...Alert and Response Network (GOARN) training partners with the World Health Organization. Participants from 20 public health institutions from across the world came together to develop a coordinated programme that...
...the NHS in advising people over 65 having an NHS Health Check that dementia is not an inevitable part of ageing, and that simple life style changes that are good...
A few months ago I wrote to all NHS Trusts in England asking for their commitment to work with PHE towards a completely tobacco-free NHS.
...members and officers from Harlow Council for a guided tour of our campus at Porton. This gave them an insight into the breadth of our work, from high containment science...
...(MERS-CoV), contributed his expertise during the Rio Olympics and established the UK’s rapid support capability following the learnings from Ebola in West Africa. Brian has been a superlative public servant...
...in how to manage change well; being clear on why changes are necessary as well as describing what we will seek to change. George Bernard Shaw said that "progress is...
...health, police and crime commissioners and other local leaders on addressing the sharp inequalities experienced by people who have been in prison or in police custody at some point in...
Dear everyone Happy New Year. My first message of 2017 is also the first to be hosted on PHE’s blog, Public Health Matters, as we move to a more digital and accessible format – you may also be interested in …
Smokers huddled outside hospital doors are a common sight since smoking indoors was banned. Many are sick or caring for others and deserve our greatest compassion, yet continuing to normalise smoking in hospital settings is damaging the health of not …
Last month I visited the Fylde Coast in Lancashire, home to the well-known seaside town of Blackpool and the neighbouring, more rural districts of Fylde and Wyre. Here, partners across the local healthcare system are testing out new ways to …
