Population Health Improvement Stakeholder Advisory Group

The Population Health Improvement Stakeholder Advisory Group provides advice to the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) on the best future arrangements for prevention and health improvement. This is to ensure we have the best possible capability and capacity to support people to invest in and improve their health.

Role

On 18 August 2020 the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care announced the establishment of a brand-new organisation to provide a world-leading approach to public health protection and resilience. The National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) brings together the health protection expertise of Public Health England (PHE), the Joint Biosecurity Centre and NHS Test and Trace under unified leadership.

As we establish the new NIHP with a focus on our capacity and capability to respond to health threats, we also need to establish the right future system and organisational arrangements for improving the health of individuals and our population.

Responsibilities

The group will consider how to strengthen both local and national functions that support improved health and wellbeing outcomes, including PHE’s wider public health and health improvement functions. It will consider how best to support a greater focus on prevention and population health in the delivery of local health services and to improve integration so that people receive the joined-up health care and support they need.

In doing so, the group will advise on how the proposals will ensure a focus on levelling up between different geographical areas and reducing disparities in health between groups and communities.

The group will input into a high-level options paper to be published in autumn 2020, ahead of wider engagement across the system. The aim is to publish the government’s final recommended approach and a delivery plan by the autumn, post-spending review, ahead of consultations with PHE staff.

Membership

The group will be chaired by Jonathan Marron, DHSC Director General for PPE and Prevention.

The secretariat will be provided by DHSC.

Current members are:

Dr Jeanelle de Gruchy, President, Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH)
Cllr James Jamieson, Chair, Local Government Association (LGA)
Seema Kennedy, Former Public Health Minister
Prof Helen Stokes-Lampard, Chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
Matt Fagg, Director of Prevention, NHS England and Improvement
Matthew Winn, Improvement Director of Community Health, NHS England and Improvement
Ed Garratt, Executive Lead for the Suffolk and North East Essex Integrated Care System (ICS)
Professor Maggie Rae, President, Faculty of Public Health (FPH)
Danny Mortimer, Chief Executive, NHS Confederation
Dr Jennifer Dixon, Chief Executive, Health Foundation
Paul Najsarek, Chair, Society of Local Authority Chief Executives (SOLACE)
Professor Jo Pritchard MBE, Chief Executive, Social Enterprise UK
Professor John Newton, Director of Health Improvement, Public Health England (PHE)
Dr Jenny Harries, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, DHSC
Professor Paul Cosford, Emeritus Medical Director, Public Health England (PHE), Chief Medical Advisor, NHS Test and Trace (NHSTT)
Professor John Deanfield, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist and Chair, NHS Health Checks Review
Professor Sir John Bell, Life Sciences Champion
Professor Kevin Fenton, Public Health England (PHE), Regional Director, London
Christina Marriott, Chief executive, Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH)
Martin Reeves, Chief Executive, Coventry City Council
Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, MIND
Professor Susan Jebb, Professor of Diet and Population Health, Oxford University
Louise Patten, Chief Executive, NHS Clinical Commissioners
Sally Warren, Director of Policy, The King’s Fund
Professor Lord Patel of Bradford OBE, Chair, Social Work England
Donna Kinnair, Chief Executive/General Secretary, Royal College of Nursing (RCN)
Professor Viv Bennett, Chief Nurse and Director Maternity and Early Years, Public Health England
Saffron Cordery, Deputy Chief Executive, NHS Providers
Ian Dodge, NHS England

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