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Chief Medical Officer (CMO): annual reports

The CMO publishes independent reports and presents them to the government.

In their annual report, the CMO presents information or ‘surveillance’ about the health of England’s population to the government.

The CMO may give recommendations to government, and individual organisations, to make improvements to the public health system.

Professor Chris Whitty

Professor Dame Sally Davies

Updates to this page

Published 25 October 2017
Last updated 10 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Added 2023 annual report on health in an ageing society.

  2. Added annual report on air pollution.

  3. Added the 'Technical report on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK'.

  4. Added 'Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2021: health in coastal communities' to the collection.

  5. Added 'Chief Medical Officer annual report 2019: partnering for progress'.

  6. The 2018 annual report has been added.

  7. The 2017 annual report has been added.

  8. First published.