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Public Health England is an executive agency of the Department of Health in the United Kingdom that began operating on 1 April 2013. Its formation came as a result of reorganisation of the National Health Service (NHS) in England outlined in the Health and Social Care Act 2012. It took on the role of the Health Protection Agency, the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse and a number of other health bodies.[1] Structure Initially, aside from the usual corporate back office functions, such as personnel, and finance, or management functions such as strategy, and programme management, it has the following divisions: Health protection: Chemical, radiative, and environmental hazards Research National poisons database Services for those working with hazardous materials Harm reduction in relation to polluted environments Operations Field epidemology Contageous disease surveillance and control Major incident response Health improvement: Substance misuse treatment programmes Health promotion (such as healthy diet or anti-smoking marketing) Health screening programmes (such as cancer screening, STD checks, cardiovascular disease screening, etc.) Reducing health inequalities Specialist healthcare commissioning (in relation to major incidents, etc.) Knowledge and Information Substance misuse treatment monitoring Disease registration Research and development Operations: Microbiology unit Microbe production Research References Specialist services Regional units (South / Midlands / North / London) Preparation and response against major incidents Local centres (Several centres per regional unit, except London) Local health protection Substance misuse treatment services (over more than one centre) Local specialist commissioning (in relation to major incidents, etc.) and advice Duncan Selbie is the Chief Executive. Campaigns In January 2014 it launched a new campaign against smoking called Smokefree Health Harms on television and billboards across England.[2] Criticism and other published comment Public Health England has been criticised for its underweighting of mental health within its overall resourcing and agenda; in 2011 the Royal College of Psychiatrists stated its concern that there appeared to be "few, or no, commitments or resources within either the Department of Health or Public Health England to take the public mental health agenda forward."[3] The agency was criticised by Professor Martin McKee, in January 2014, who said that continuing health inequalities among London boroughs was a scandal and claimed coalition reforms had left it unclear who was supposed to analyse health data and tackle the problems highlighted.[4] References Jump up ^ [1] Jump up ^ "Powerful anti-smoking campaign launched to show cyanide and arsenic damage". Metro. 29 December 2013. Retrieved 8 January 2014. Jump up ^ http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmhealth/1048/1048vw45.htm Jump up ^ "Top 10 causes of death in London boroughs highlight health inequalities". The Guardian. 8 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2014. [hide] v t e Department of Health of the United Kingdom Headquarters: Richmond House Skipton House Quarry House Ministers Secretary of State for Health Minister of State for Health Minister of State for Care and Support Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Public Health Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Quality Executive agencies Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency Public Health England Non-departmental public bodies NHS England Care Quality Commission Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority Human Tissue Authority Information Centre for Health and Social Care Monitor National Institute for Health and Care Excellence Special health authorities Health Education England Health Research Authority NHS Blood and Transplant NHS Business Services Authority NHS Litigation Authority NHS Trust Development Authority |
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