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  • The government plans to abolish Public Health England (PHE) and replace it with a new agency that will specifically deal with preparation for pandemics The shake-up will see PHE merge with the NHS Test and Trace service and the Joint Biosecurity Centre to form a new agency, the National Institute for Health Protection, under a single leadership team The new agency will start work immediately to lead England’s ongoing response to the pandemic It will formally operate from spring 2021, with a primary focus on public health protection and infectious disease capability Announcing the changes in a speech hosted by the Policy Exchange think tank, England’s health secretary, Matt Hancock, said, “One of the lessons from …
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  • BMJ
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  • WHO
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  • Public Health England is axed in favour of new health protection agency
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  • #720203
  • #726006
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  • 2020

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