Chief Medical Officer (United Kingdom)

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The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the most senior advisor on health matters in a
government. There are four CMOs in the United Kingdom who are appointed to advise
their respective governments: Her Majesty's Government, the Northern Ireland
Executive, the Scottish Government[1] and the Welsh Government. Each CMO is
assisted by one or more Deputy Chief Medical Officers.

In England, the CMO is a member of the board of the National Health Service (NHS),
a civil servant in the Department of Health, and head of the medical civil service.
The Republic of Ireland has a similar 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 the appointees have
been clinicians without training or experience in public health medicine. In the
UK, the CMO is one of six chief professional officers who advise the government in
their respective health and social care disciplines.[2]

The equivalent US term is Surgeon General. The term Surgeon General is also a used
in the British Armed Forces for the head of medical services. In non-government
organisations, such as policing, chief medical officer may refer to a senior
medical post in the organisation. When appointed outside government the chief
medical officer will often decide on physical and mental fitness to serve issues,
and the role may not be in public health.

Contents

1 Chief Medical Officers for Her Majesty's Government

2 Chief Medical Officers for Scotland
3 Chief Medical Officers for Wales
4 Chief Medical Officers for Northern Ireland
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Chief Medical Officers for Her Majesty's Government

Further information: National Health Service (England)

The historic post was created in Victorian times to help to prevent cholera
epidemics.[3] In 1969 the post of Chief Medical Officer for Wales was created, and
prior to this both England and Wales were covered by the post of Chief Medical
Officer of England and Wales.[4]

Sir John Simon (18551876)

Dr Edward Cator Seaton (18761879)
Sir George Buchanan (18791892)
Sir Richard Thorne Thorne (18921899)
Sir William Henry Power (19001908)
Sir Arthur Newsholme (19081919)
Sir George Newman (19191935)
Sir Arthur MacNalty (19351940), also, an acclaimed and still relevant
Historian
Sir Wilson Jameson (19401950)
Sir John Charles (19501960)
Sir George Godber (19601973)
Sir Henry Yellowlees (19731984)
 Sir Donald Acheson (19841991)
Sir Kenneth Calman (19911998)
Sir Liam Donaldson (199831 May 2010)[3][5]
Professor Dame Sally Davies (from 1 June 2010)[6]

Chief Medical Officers for Scotland

Further information: NHS Scotland

Through various reorganisations, the CMOs for Scotland has been the chief medical
officer in the Local Government Board for Scotland, Scottish Board of Health,
Department of Health for Scotland, the Scottish Home and Health Department, the
Scottish Executive Health Department and now the Scottish Government:[4]

J. B. McLintock (18941898)
James Burn Russell (18981904) [7][8][9][10][11]
Sir Leslie Mackenzie (19041929)
J. P. Kinloch (19291932)
J. L. Brownlie (19321937)
J. M. Mackintosh (19371941)
Sir Andrew Davidson (19411954)
Sir Kenneth Cowan (19541964)
Sir John Brotherston (19641977)
Sir John Reid (19771985)
Dr Iain Macdonald (19851989)
Prof. Sir Kenneth Calman (19891991)
Dr Robert Kendell (19911996)
Prof Sir David Carter (19962000)
Dr Ernest Macalpine ("Mac") Armstrong (20002005)
Prof. Sir Harry Burns (20052014)[12]
Dr Aileen Keel (2014 2015; acting)
Dr Catherine Calderwood (from 2015)

Chief Medical Officers for Wales

Further information: NHS Wales

The Welsh post[13] was created in 1969, prior to this there was one post for both
England and Wales, the Chief Medical Officer for England and Wales.[4]

Dr Richard Bevan (19691977)

Prof. Gareth Crompton (19781989)
Dame Deirdre Hine (19901997)
Dr Ruth Hall (19972006)
Dr Tony Jewell (18 April 20062012)
Dr Ruth Hussey (20122016)
Dr Chris Jones (acting; from March to July 2016)
Dr Frank Atherton (1 August 2016-Present)

Chief Medical Officers for Northern Ireland

Further information: Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

Dr Thomas Terence Baird (1973-1978)[14]

Dr Bob Weir (1978-1986)[15]
Dr James McKenna (1988-1995)[16]
Dr Henrietta Campbell (19952006)
Dr Michael McBride (from 2006)

See also
 Medical Officer for Health
Chief Medical Officer, Republic of Ireland
Chief Public Health Officer of Canada
Surgeon General of the United States

References

"Chief Medical Officer (CMO)". Scottish Government. Retrieved 2 July 2014.

"Chief professional officers". Department of Health (UK). Archived from the
original on 4 January 2013. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
"Chief Medical Officer: biography". Department of Health, United Kingdom. 2007.
Retrieved 15 August 2007.
Warren, Michael D. "A Chronology of State Medicine, Public Health, Welfare and
Related Services in Britain 10661999" (PDF). Royal College of Physicians of
England. pp. 302304. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
"The Senior Team". Department of Health. 12 March 2010.
"Professor Dame Sally C Davies". Department of Health. Retrieved 18 May 2014.
"James B Russell". theglasgowstory.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"James Burn Russell". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"Public health administration in Glasgow; a memorial volume of the writings of
James Burn Russell. Edited by A.K. Chalmers.". Hathi Trust Digital Library.
Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"EDNA ROBERTSON, Glasgow's Doctor: James Burn Russell, 1837-1904 (review)".
euppublishing.com. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"Glasgow's Doctor: James Burn Russell, MOH, 1837-1904 (review)". Johns Hopkins
University. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
"Sir Harry Burns". The Scottish Government, Health & Community Care. 23 Jan 2014.
Retrieved 18 May 2014.
"Health and social care: Chief Medical Officer". Welsh Government. Retrieved 2 July
2014.
http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/Fourdecades.pdf
http://www.newulsterbiography.co.uk/index.php/home/viewPerson/1780 Retrieved 20
April 2016

http://www.publichealth.hscni.net/sites/default/files/Fourdecades.pdf

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