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Chris Whitty appointed chief medical officer
Chris Whitty has been appointed as the new Chief Medical Officer for England and the UK government’s Chief Medical Adviser.
Professor Whitty is currently Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health and Social Care.
He is also the Professor of Public and International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, a practising NHS Consultant Physician in acute medicine and infectious diseases at University College London Hospitals, and Gresham Professor of Physic.
He will replace Professor Dame Sally Davies, the current Chief Medical Officer, when she takes up a new role as master of Trinity College Cambridge in October 2019.
Professor Chris Whitty said: "It is a huge honour to be given the opportunity as Chief Medical Officer for England to be able to support colleagues in public health, the NHS and social care around the country to improve the health of the nation.
"I look forward to working within DHSC and across Whitehall to support the government in leading the nation’s health and care."
The Department of Health and Social Care has appointed Dr Jenny Harries OBE will be the new Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England.
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