Jennifer Harries | |
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| Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency Head of NHS Test and Trace | |
| Assumed office 7 May 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson Liz Truss Rishi Sunak Keir Starmer |
| Preceded by | Dido Harding (Acting) |
| Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England | |
| In office 7 June 2019 – 31 March 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Gina Radford |
| Succeeded by | Dr Thomas Waite (Interim)[3] |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jennifer Margaret Harries ~1960 Watford, Hertfordshire, England |
| Education | Haberdashers' Monmouth School for Girls |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Profession | Public health physician[4] |
| Website | gov |
Dame Jennifer Margaret Harries DBE is a British public health physician who has been the chief executive of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and head of NHS Test and Trace since May 2021. She was previously a regional director at Public Health England, and then Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England from June 2019 until her UKHSA appointment in 2021.
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- ^ "Dr Aidan Fowler". Gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
- ^ "New interim deputy chief medical officer for England announced". Gov.uk. UK Government. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
- ^ "General Medical Register". General Medical Council. Retrieved 29 March 2020.