SallyDavies

UK appoints interim chief medical officer

pharmafile | May 18, 2010 | Appointment | |  NHS, UK, appointment 

Professor Dame Sally Davies will take on the role of interim chief medical officer when Sir Liam Donaldson retires as the UK’s chief medical officer at the end of May.

Prof Davies has been actively involved in NHS Research and Development from its establishment and as director general developed the organisation into the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR). 

She is also a board member of the Office for Strategic Co-ordination of Health Research (OSCHR), and chairs the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC). 

Advertisement

Prof Sally will continue to serve as director general of research and development and chief scientific adviser for the Department of Health and NHS.

Meanwhile a permanent replacement for Sir Liam will be sought over summer.

Related Content

NIHR chief scientific adviser visits Huddersfield health innovation campus

Professor Lucy Chappell, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department of Health and Social Care and …

Five Facts about NHS and primary care

1 Primary care is the front door to the NHS, but it extends well beyond …

Major funding opportunity opens for early cancer diagnostics

Up to £25.4m in funding is available for collaborative projects developing technologies to improve the …

The Gateway to Local Adoption Series

Latest content