The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is an official in the United Kingdom who regularly advises their respective government on health related matters. Such a person is the most senior advisor on health matters in both systems of government, and the term has also found some usage in non-government circles such as policing. In England, the CMO is a member of the board of the National Health Service (NHS), a civil servant in the Department of Health, and head of the medical civil service. The Republic of Ireland has a similar officer. The chief medical officer (CMO) is an official in the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom who regularly advises their respective government on health related matters. ... An official is someone who holds an office (function or mandate, regardless whether it carries an actual working space with it) in an organisation or government and participates in the exercise of authority (either his own or that of his superior and/or employer, public or legally private). ... “NHS” redirects here. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... The Department of Health headquarters in Whitehall The Department of Health is a department of the United Kingdom government. ...

In any case of usage within these two states the chief medical officer will be a qualified medical doctor whose duties will not include treatment but typically only advise on matters such as public health matters. When appointed outside government the chief medical officer will often decide on physical and mental fitness to serve issues. The word physician should not be confused with physicist, which means a scientist in the area of physics. ... Public health is concerned with threats to the overall health of a community based on population health analysis. ...

Chief Medical Officers of England

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• Dr William Duncan 1847 - 1855
• Sir John Simon 1855 - 1876
• Dr Edward Cater Seaton 1876 - 1879
• Sir George Buchanan 1879 - 1892
• Sir Richard Thorne-Thorne 1892 - 1899
• Sir William Henry Power 1900 - 1908
• Sir Arthur Newsholme 1908 - 1919
• Sir George Newman 1919 - 1935
• Sir Arthur McNalty 1935 - 1940
• Sir Wilson Jameson 1940 - 1950
• Sir John Charles 1950 - 1960
• Sir George Godber 1960 - 1973
• Sir Henry Yellowlees 1973 - 1984
• Sir Donald Acheson 1984 - 1991
• Sir Kenneth Calman 1991 - 1998
• Sir Liam Donaldson 1998 - Present^[1]

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Chief Medical Officers for Scotland

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• Dr Iain Macdonald 1985 - 1989
• Prof Kenneth Calman 1989 - 1991
• Dr Robert Kendell 1991 - 1996
• Prof Sir David Carter 1996 - 2000
• Dr Ernest Macalpine ("Mac") Armstrong 2000 - 2005
• Dr Harry Burns 2005 - current

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Chief Medical Officers for Wales

• Dr Richard Bevan 1965 - 1977
• Prof Gareth Crompton 1978 - 1989
• Dame Deirdre Hine 1990 - 1997
• Dr Ruth Hall 1997 - 2006
• Dr Tony Jewell 2006 - present

Chief Medical Officers for Northern Ireland

• Dr Henrietta Campbell
• Dr Michael McBride 2006- present

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See also

• Chief Medical Officer, Republic of Ireland

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Chief Medical Officer: biography. Department of Health, United Kingdom (2007). Retrieved on 15 August 2007.