Sir Donald Acheson is a British physician and epidemiologist. He was Chief Medical Officer (1984-1991) to the British government (at the Department of Health) and had previously been the first Dean of the new Medical School at the University of Southampton. He is especially known for the eponymous Acheson Report on inequalities in health, commisioned by the new Blair government in 1997 and produced by a committee which he chaired. 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. ... Many governments, both national and more local, have a Department of Health. This article is about the British one. ... University of Southampton Dolphin logo The University of Southampton is a British university situated in the city of Southampton, on the south-coast of the United Kingdom. ...