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 This week over 1600 public health colleagues gathered at Warwick University for the PHE annual conference. This was our best and biggest conference and I thank all those who attended for your bold discussions, brilliant presentations and for …
Public Health England and Drinkaware have launched a new campaign ‘Drink Free Days’ to help people cut down on the amount of alcohol they are regularly drinking.
There are three key priorities where I believe the NHS can make the most difference through the upcoming long term plan. These are to remove smoking from England for good; address our spiralling adult and child obesity levels and tackle the very significant numbers of avoidable deaths caused by cardiovascular disease.
Leaders in the health and care system are busy developing a new long term plan for the NHS. Public Health England CEO Duncan Selbie is leading the work, along with colleagues in the NHS, to ensure prevention is at the heart of that plan. Here he sets out 3 essential priorities for investment.
Dear everyone Planning for winter may seem premature amidst this hot summer, but it is never too early to start preparations. Recent figures released by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy show that Cornwall has reduced fuel poverty …
Dear everyone New data from our National Child Measurement Programme published this week show that levels of severe obesity in children aged 10 to 11 years have reached the highest point since records began. The findings also show that health …
Dear everyone People in prison experience a much higher burden of chronic physical and mental health problems than the general population. This is for a variety of reasons but one of these is because of high smoking rates. The final …
Dear everyone Firstly, I would like to warmly congratulate Matt Hancock MP on his appointment as Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and we look forward to working with him. My thanks and best wishes to Jeremy Hunt …
Dear everyone You will all be aware of the ongoing incident in Amesbury, Wiltshire, in relation to two people who have fallen ill from contact with nerve agent Novichok. Our thoughts are with the two people affected, those close to …
New official statistics published today show the positive news that smoking prevalence in England is continuing to fall. This blogs looks at the data more closely.
