Chief Medical Officer

Poverty Is 'Massive' Threat To Nation's Health Post-Covid, Chris Whitty Warns

Lockdown has pushed people "on the borderlines of deprivation" into further hardship, says England's chief medical officer.
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‘No Doubt’ There Will Be Further Wave Of Covid-19, Warns Statistics Chief

The comments come after England’s chief medical officer Professor Chris Whitty said there were still risks to reopening society.
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Jonathan Van-Tam’s Self-Deprecating Answer About Doing Strictly Is Classic JVT

Will we be seeing the deputy chief medical officer strutting his stuff on that famous dance floor?
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Boris Johnson To Lead Downing Street Press Conference On Covid

Prime minister will appear alongside chief medical officer Chris Whitty and Simon Stevens, chief executive of the NHS.
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England's Hospitals Admitting One Coronavirus Patient 'Every 30 Seconds'

But NHS chief Simon Stevens says 140 vaccination jabs are being delivered every minute.
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Boris Johnson To Hold Downing Street Coronavirus Press Conference

The prime minister will be joined at 5pm by chief scientific adviser Patrick Vallance and chief medical officer Chris Whitty.
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'The Next Few Weeks Are Going To Be The Worst' For NHS, Chris Whitty Warns

England’s chief medical officer said there were 18,000 people in hospital during the peak last April. Now there are 30,000.
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Coronavirus Restrictions Might Be Needed Next Winter, Warns Chris Whitty

Chief medical officer and Boris Johnson also warn current lockdown could stretch beyond March if public ignore the rules.
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Exclusive: Teachers Could Get Covid Vaccine From Mid-February, MPs Told

Deputy chief medical officer Jenny Harries suggests frontline key workers could begin getting jabs once 13m most vulnerable are inoculated.
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Here’s The New Covid Christmas Guidelines Made Simple

Restrictions will ease, but England's chief medical officer Chris Whitty told the nation: "Keep it small. Keep it short. Keep it local."
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