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Chief scientist will also be director general for science, technology, analysis, research and strategy
Patrick Vallance aims to address "misconceptions" about science advice
Track-and-trace app being trialled now will do "heavy lifting" once social-distancing measures are lifted, science adviser says
Ramping up testing now a priority for ‘data-driven’ strategy, chief scientist tells MPs
Covid-19 strategy aims to reduce the peak of the outbreak, “not to suppress it completely", Patrick Vallance says
Sir Patrick Vallance also said he wanted half of all fast streamers to have science backgrounds
Sir Ian Boyd gives warning days before his departure as Defra chief scientist
Henderson will succeed Sir Ian Boyd in October
Appointment comes more than a year after communities department advertised for a chief scientific adviser