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Keep up-to-date with the latest Medical news from Civil Service World

21 Sep Medical

'I always look calm. I don’t necessarily feel that way': Jenny Harries on Covid-19 and founding the UK Health Security Agency

Dr Jenny Harries became UKHSA's first chief executive, after being an integral part of the government’s response to Covid-19 as deputy chief medical officer. She shares the experience

by Beckie Smith

20 Oct Medical

SAGE meeting just once a month as Covid rates rise

28 Sep Medical

MPs call on government to halt 'alarming' MHRA redundancies

27 Sep Medical

Health security agency seeks commercial experts

09 Sep Medical

Medicines regulator to cut hundreds of jobs

Proposed 20% headcount reduction follows post-Brexit loss of EU fees income

24 Aug Medical

DHSC signs contract to buy 35 million more doses of Pfizer vaccine

Booster programme will help "future-proof the country from the threat of Covid-19"

02 Aug Medical

£110,000 on offer to lead life sciences unit

"Strategic thinker" sought to lead engagement with sector after Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit

22 Apr Medical

MPs slam lack of planning and poor data in Covid shielding scheme

Some 800,000 people may have “slipped through the net and missed out on much-needed support”

25 Mar Medical

Jenny Harries to replace Dido Harding as head of new public-health body

Deputy chief medical officer will lead the renamed UK Health Security Agency

25 Feb Medical

June Raine made permanent CEO of medicines regulator

DHSC praises “crucial” role in rapid authorisation of Covid vaccines and formalises interim arrangements in place since 2019

23 Feb Medical

Hancock defends DHSC in Covid procurement row

Health secretary brushes off questions on High Court transparency decision and says it would be “ridiculous” to stop work being won by acquaintances of ministers

11 Feb Medical

‘Bad Science’ author Ben Goldacre to review research use of health data

Head of Oxford University DataLab to report findings in April

15 Dec 2020 Medical

'We have paid a heavy price in healthcare postponed': Chief medical officer Prof Chris Whitty on a year fighting Covid-19

2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021

11 Dec 2020 Medical

DHSC offers £160,000 for chief scientist to succeed Chris Whitty

Recruitment firm in line for £40,000 if its search is successful

13 Nov 2020 Medical

UK was not as prepared for Covid as it could have been, ex-chief medic says

UK has been "found wanting", Dame Sally Davies says, with the government responding too slowly to the pandemic

04 Nov 2020 Medical

Don't overburden NHS Test and Trace, chief medic warns

Speed of test turnarounds is critical, Chris Whitty says, as he also warns it would be "stupid" for scientists to interfere in minutiae of policy decisions

06 Oct 2020 Medical

Scottish Government offers £140k for next chief medical officer

Successful candidate for "highly visible" role will replace Catherine Calderwood, who resigned after flouting coronavirus advice

19 Jun 2020 Medical

Coronavirus alert level should finally move down from Level 4 to Level 3, say UK’s chief medical officers

Health secretary Matt Hancock says update shows "the government's plan is working"

06 Apr 2020 Medical

Scotland’s chief medical officer resigns after flouting coronavirus lockdown rules

Catherine Calderwood admitted visiting her second home twice, breaching regulations based on her own medical advice

30 Mar 2020 Medical

Coronavirus: UK will not 'return to normal' for six months, deputy chief medical officer warns

Comments come as PM’s top adviser Dominic Cummings self-isolates after developing symptoms

04 Mar 2020 Medical

'We're going to have to do things differently’: coronavirus epidemic ‘likely’, chief medical officer says

Whitty says 'social cost' of measures like school closures means government will wait until the “last possible point” to implement them

13 Feb 2020 Medical

Chief medical officer reveals details of government's coronavirus plan

Chris Whitty says NHS has to prepare for 2% mortality rate but reality could be much less

01 Jan 2020 Medical

Former chief medical officer Sally Davies hailed as civil service 'role model' in honours list

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni and Treasury solicitor Jonathan Jones also among those receiving awards

26 Dec 2019 Medical

‘2020 is a year of global opportunities’ – chief medical officer Chris Whitty looks ahead

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

17 Oct 2019 Medical

DHSC has Brexit 'plan for every medicine' as it awards £25m door-to-door urgent delivery contracts

Freight service will transport medical supplies with short shelf lives like radioisotopes and human organs

14 Oct 2019 Medical

Brexit ferries reboot: government signs £87m contracts to transport medicines

Government won't fly in medicines in first batch of contracts awarded through £300m post-Brexit framework

27 Sep 2019 Medical

No-deal Brexit could impact medicine supplies, NAO warns

Watchdog says disruption cannot be ruled out despite health secretary Matt Hancock's guarantee

06 Sep 2019 Medical

Chief medical officer slams Rees-Mogg's 'unacceptable' comments about no-deal medicines adviser

Commons leader compared neurologist David Nicholl to anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield after no-deal warnings