Office for Health Promotion

Short description:

Office for Health PromotionAgency overview

Preceding agency|

* Public Health England

Jurisdiction| England
Minister responsible|

* vacant

Agency executives|

* Professor Chris Whitty, Chief Medical Officer for England
* Lead, TBA

Parent agency| Department of Health and Social Care

The Office for Health Promotion is an impending government unit within in the British Department of Health and Social Care,[1] which will lead national efforts to improve public health policy across England. It will be established in the autumn of 2021, when the UKHSA also becomes fully operational.[2]

It will take over the health improvement functions of Public Health England and that of NHS England,[1] as outlined in the transforming the public health system white paper.[3]

The body will focus on reducing the burden of preventable illness and disease on society and the healthcare system. It will explore how incentives and rewards can encourage healthier behaviour, with an explicit focus on the work of the Health Promotion Board in Singapore.[4]

## See also

* Health in the United Kingdom
* List of national public health agencies

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "New Office for Health Promotion to drive improvement of nation’s health" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-office-for-health-promotion-to-drive-improvement-of-nations-health.
2. ↑ "Transforming the public health system: reforming the public health system for the challenges of our times" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-the-public-health-system/transforming-the-public-health-system-reforming-the-public-health-system-for-the-challenges-of-our-times.
3. ↑ "Transforming the public health system: reforming the public health system for the challenges of our times" (in en). https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transforming-the-public-health-system/transforming-the-public-health-system-reforming-the-public-health-system-for-the-challenges-of-our-times.
4. ↑ "New health promotion unit to use Singapore-style rewards to prompt people to be healthier". Health Service Journal. 29 March 2021. https://www.hsj.co.uk/service-design/new-health-promotion-unit-to-use-singapore-style-rewards-to-prompt-people-to-be-healthier/7029805.article.

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