NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) News http://www.netscc.ac.uk/news/ Get the latest NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) News en-gb Copyright: (C) NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC), see http://www.netscc.ac.uk/legal/copyright.asp for terms and conditions of reuse 60 NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre (NETSCC) News http://www.netscc.ac.uk/media/furniture/header_print.gif http://www.netscc.ac.uk/news_and_events/ First Woman appointed as Chief Medical Officer The government announced yesterday that Professor Dame Sally Davies has been named as the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) for England, the first woman to hold the post.
The CMO is the government’s most senior medical advisor, responsible for providing expert advice on a wide range of issues relating to the health of the nation, including the handling of health related emergencies.
Dame Sally, who has been interim CMO since May, will take up the post with immediate effect. She currently holds the post of Director-General for Research and Development and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health.
The CMO role carries the rank of Permanent Secretary and is responsible to the Secretary of State for Health for all of the Department’s medical matters. The CMO is also the professional head of the Department’s medical staff and head of the Medical Civil Service.
For further information please visit the Department of Health press release http://www.netscc.ac.uk/news/item/04032011.asp Fri, 4 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT Health New NETSCC Director appointed

NETSCC has appointed Dr Matt Westmore as Director with responsibility for the management of three of its research programmes: Health Services Research (HSR), Public Health Research (PHR) and Service Delivery and Organisation (SDO).

As well as leading the directorate, Matt will become a NETSCC board member with joint responsibility for the delivery of NETSCC as a whole and to ensure that NETSCC continues to support the commissioning and delivery of health research that will be of significant benefit to the UK.

Matt has worked at NETSCC for two years, most recently as an Assistant Director for the Health Technology Assessment programme (HTA). Before this, he was the Assistant Director of the Strategy and Development directorate when he joined us in 2009.

 http://www.netscc.ac.uk/news/item/01032011.asp Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:00:00 GMT Health Health benefits of housing regeneration programme assessed A study looking at the immediate and longer health benefits of a major housing regeneration programme has been funded by the NIHR PHR programme.
This study aims to measure the immediate and longer term health benefits resulting from a major housing regeneration programme, currently underway, in which social housing is brought up to a national quality standard.
For further information please visit the PHR news item http://www.netscc.ac.uk/news/item/120511.asp Thur, 12 May 2011 12:19:00 GMT Health