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Demise of Public Health England
Health promotion is at a crossroads with the demise of Public Health England
BMJ 2020; 370 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.m3750 (Published 28 September 2020) Cite this as: BMJ 2020;370:m3750
- Michael Craig Watson, trustee,
- Sylvia Tilford, vice president
- Institute of Health Promotion and Education, PO Box 7409, Lichfield WS14 4LS, UK
- mcwatson100{at}gmail.com
We have serious concerns about health promotion after the recent announcement that Public Health England will be disbanded.12 Over the past 25 years, there have been successive reorganisations in public health alongside dramatic reductions in budgets.3456 At each upheaval skilled and experienced health promotion staff are lost.178
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