Chief Medical Officer
UK Government
Professor Sir Chris Whitty is the Chief Medical Officer for England, the UK Government’s Chief Medical Adviser and head of the public health profession. A practising NHS Consultant Physician at University College London Hospitals and the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, he is also an epidemiologist whose clinical and research work has taken him across the UK, Africa and Asia.
Professor Sir Chris Whitty previously served as Professor of Public and International Health at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, where he remains an honorary professor.
His senior national roles include interim Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, Chief Scientific Adviser for both DHSC and the Department for International Development, and interim Government Chief Scientific Adviser during the Novichok incident.
He played key leadership roles in the UK’s response to COVID‑19 and the West Africa Ebola outbreak. A respected academic and public lecturer, he is also an expert adviser to Active Travel England.
Presentations
All sessions, speakers, times, subject to change.
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- 12:15 - 13:00
11th Mar 2026 Keynote speaker: Sustainable healthcare for all
- Hanover Suite