Professor Dame Sally C Davies, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health

Dame Sally became Chief Medical Officer for England and Chief Medical Adviser to the UK Government on 3 March 2010. She retains responsibility for Research and Development, and is the Chief Scientific Adviser for the Department of Health.

Dame Sally is the independent adviser to the Government on medical matters, with particular responsibilities regarding Public Health. She provides professional leadership for Directors of Public Health and will lead a public health professional network for those responsible for public health services. She is professional head of the Department’s medical staff and head of the Medical Civil Service.

Dame Sally will be speaking on “Shaping the Future: ‘The Challenges of Public Health in the 21st Century

The Public Health challenges of the future are a mixture of already well known problems, such as high rates of smoking, obesity and lack of physical exercise, and emerging, as yet unknown problems. With an ageing population, ensuring we all age well has never been more important. Differences in life expectancy between the richest and the poorest remain a key inequality that must be addressed.

Dame Sally Davies, will discuss the wider social determinants of health and wellbeing, covering issues such as changing social, behavioural, economic and technological influences and their impact. Using case studies such as alcohol, she will illustrate how our growing understanding of these determinants must be translated into action to successfully address future health challenges.

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