The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) is a department of His Majesty's Government responsible for government policy on health and adult social care matters in England,along with a few elements of the same matters which are not otherwise devolved to the Scottish Government,Welsh Government or Northern Ireland Executive. It oversees the English National Health Service (NHS). The department is led by the secretary of state for health and social care with three ministers of state and three parliamentary under-secretaries of state.
In the United Kingdom,a Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the most senior government advisor on matter relating to health. There are four CMOs in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise their respective governments:
The Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital (NNUH) is a large National Health Service academic teaching hospital in the Norwich Research Park on the western outskirts of Norwich,England.
Sir Kenneth Charles Calman,HonFAcadMEd is a doctor and academic who formerly worked as a surgeon,oncologist and cancer researcher and held the position of Chief Medical Officer of Scotland,and then England. He was Warden and Vice-Chancellor of Durham University from 1998 to 2006 before becoming Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. He held the position of Chair of the National Cancer Research Institute from 2008 until 2011. From 2008 to 2009,he was convener of the Calman Commission on Scottish devolution.
Professor Sir Bruce Edward Keogh,KBE,FMedSci,FRCS,FRCP is a Rhodesian-born British surgeon who specialises in cardiac surgery. He was medical director of the National Health Service in England from 2007 and national medical director of the NHS Commissioning Board from 2013 until his retirement early in 2018. He is chair of Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust.
The General Medical Council (GMC) is a public body that maintains the official register of medical practitioners within the United Kingdom. Its chief responsibility is to "protect,promote and maintain the health and safety of the public" by controlling entry to the register,and suspending or removing members when necessary. It also sets the standards for medical schools in the UK. Membership of the register confers substantial privileges under Part VI of the Medical Act 1983. It is a criminal offence to make a false claim of membership. The GMC is supported by fees paid by its members,and it became a registered charity in 2001.
Sir Robert Alan Langlands FRSE FRCP (Hon.) FRCGP (Hon.) FRCS (Edin.) (Hon.) FRCPSG (Hon.) FFPH FCGI FIA is a former vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds. He is notable for past service as the fourth chief executive of the National Health Service executive in England (1994–2000),as principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Dundee (2000–2009),and Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (2009–2013).
Sir Kurt George Matthew Mayer Alberti,is a British doctor. His long-standing special interest is diabetes mellitus,in connection with which he has published many research papers and served on many national and international committees. In the 1970s,Alberti published recommendations for the management of diabetic ketoacidosis,a serious metabolic emergency which affects people suffering from severe insulin deficiency. This 'Alberti regime' rationalised the use of insulin and fluid therapy in this condition to the undoubted benefit of many patients.
Dame Carol Mary Black,is a British physician,academic,specialising in rheumatology. She was President of the Royal College of Physicians from 2002 to 2006,advised the British Government on the relationship between work and health from 2006 to 2016,and was Principal of Newnham College,Cambridge from 2012 to 2019. She is an expert on the disease scleroderma.
Sir George Edward Godber served as Chief Medical Officer for Her Majesty's Government in England from 1960 to 1973. He was also part of the team that planned the National Health Service (NHS) and,as deputy Chief Medical Officer and subsequently Chief Medical officer,campaigned against smoking and for immunization against polio and diphtheria.
Sir Simon Charles Wessely is a British psychiatrist. He is Regius Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry,King's College London and head of its department of psychological medicine,vice dean for academic psychiatry,teaching and training at the Institute of Psychiatry,as well as Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research. He is also honorary consultant psychiatrist at King's College Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital,as well as civilian consultant advisor in psychiatry to the British Army. He was knighted in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to military healthcare and to psychological medicine. From 2014 to 2017,he was the elected president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Michael Dixon LVO,OBE,MA,FRCGP,FRCP is an English general practitioner and healthcare leader. He is Chair of The College of Medicine,Co-Chair of the National Social Prescribing Network,Visiting Professor at University College London and Westminster University and Head of the Royal Medical Household.
Devaka Fernando is a Sri Lankan physician and academic. He was president of the Osteoporosis Society of Sri Lanka and the Founding Professor of Medicine at the University of Sri Jayawardanapura.
Bernard Francisco Ribeiro,Baron Ribeiro,is a British surgeon who served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from 2005 to 2008. He was created a life peer in 2010 and sits in the House of Lords on the Conservative benches.
Martin John Elliott is a British surgeon. He is presently Provost of Gresham College,taking over from Simon Thurley. Elliott was 37th Professor of Physic at Gresham College from 2014 to 2018,where he is also Emeritus Professor and Fellow. He delivered a series of free public lectures on The Heart of the Matter,"to explore [...] the challenging medical,ethical,financial and political issues of our time."
Sir Anthony Herbert Everington,known as Sam Everington,is a GP at a health centre within the Bromley by Bow Centre,in Tower Hamlets,an area of East London.
Sir Terence John Stephenson,is a Northern Irish consultant paediatric doctor and chair of the Health Research Authority (HRA). He is also the Nuffield Professor of Child Health at University College London (UCL). Stephenson was most notable for guiding the RCPCH in agreeing 10 published national standards,Facing the Future:Standards for Paediatric Services. This was the first time the College committed publicly to a defined set of standards for all children receiving inpatient care or assessment across the UK.
Dame Clare Lucy Marx was a British surgeon who was president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England from July 2014 to July 2017,the first woman to hold the position,and former chair of the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. From January 2019 until July 2021,Dame Clare was chair of the General Medical Council,the first woman appointed to that role.
Sir Donald Hamilton Irvine was a British general practitioner (GP) who was president of the General Medical Council (GMC) between 1995 and 2002,during a time when there were a number of high-profile medical failure cases in the UK,including the Alder Hey organs scandal,the Bristol heart scandal and The Shipman Inquiry. He transformed the culture of the GMC by setting out what patients could expect of doctors and is credited with leading significant changes in the regulation of professional medicine and introducing the policy of professional revalidation in the UK.
Gabriel John Scally FFPHM is an Irish public health physician and a former regional director of public health (RDPH) for the south west of England. He is a visiting professor of public health at the University of Bristol and is a member of the Independent SAGE group,formed during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. He is also chair of the trustees of the Soil Association. Previously he was professor of public health and planning,and director of the World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban Environments,both at the University of the West of England (UWE). He was president of the section of epidemiology and public health of the Royal Society of Medicine,a position he took in 2017.
