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Chief Medical Officer annual report 2017: health impacts of all pollution

Professor Dame Sally Davies's ninth report as Chief Medical Officer (CMO) discusses the threat to health posed by pollution to people living in England.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
2 March 2018
Last updated
15 March 2018 — See all updates

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Annual report of the Chief Medical Officer 2017: health impacts of all pollution – what do we know?

PDF, 2.68 MB, 187 pages

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The CMO’s annual report for 2017 presents evidence and debate around:

  • pollution caused by healthcare
  • pollution and health inequalities
  • new pollution issues
  • measurement and communication of risks

The CMO makes recommendations to government, the NHS, Public Health England and other agencies for action to improve the health system’s response to all types of pollution.

The report also considers:

  • changes needed to better understand emerging threats
  • bringing together sources of information to give public health professionals a better idea of how to improve the health of people at a local level

Updates to this page

Published 2 March 2018
Last updated 15 March 2018 + show all updates

  1. An accessible version of the report has replaced the previous one.

  2. First published.

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