Chief Medical Officers (United Kingdom)

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Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates In the United Kingdom, a chief medical officer (CMO) is the most senior government advisor on matter relating to health.<ref name=JPH-202501>Template:Cite journal</ref> There are four chief medical officers in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise their respective governments:

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Each CMO is assisted by one or more deputy chief medical officers, and complemented by a chief nursing officer.

The chief medical officer is a qualified medical doctor whose medical speciality traditionally was public health medicine, and whose work focused on the health of communities rather than health of individuals. More recently, some appointees have been senior clinicians without training in public health medicine. In the UK, the CMO is one of the chief professional officers who advise the government in their respective health and social care disciplines.<ref name = "6 cpo"> {{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The CMO has independent statutory authority, first established in the 19th century, to issue reports without requiring government approval.<ref name=jech-202201>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Chief Medical Officers for England

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Deputies

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  • Michael Abrams (1985 to 1992)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • David Walker (2013 to 2015)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • John Watson (2013 to 2017)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Gina Radford (2015 to 2019)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Thomas Waite (April 2022 – present)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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Chief Medical Officers for Scotland

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  • J. B. McLintock (1894–1898)
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Chief Medical Officers for Wales

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Chief Medical Officers for Northern Ireland

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  • William Richard Dawson (1922–1929) Chief Medical Officer of Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland<ref>Western Daily Press, Bristol, 30 October 1950; Bath Wills: British Medical Journal 1950 Obituary</ref>
  • Frank F. Main (1954–1968)
  • Thomas Terence Baird (1973–1978)<ref name="hscni.net">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • Bob Weir (1978–1986)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

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  • James McKenna (1988–1995)<ref name="hscni.net"/>
  • Henrietta Campbell (1995–2006)
  • Sir Michael McBride (2006–present)

See also

References

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