Jenny Harries
Dr Jenny Harries | |
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| Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England | |
| Assumed office 7 June 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Gina Radford |
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 1958 (age 66) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
| Profession | Public health physician[2] |
| Website | gov |
Jennifer Margaret Harries OBE (born October 1958) is a public health physician who has been the Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England since June 2019.
Early life and education
Harries was born in October 1958. She studied medicine at the University of Birmingham gaining an intercalated BSc in pharmacology in 1981 and medical degrees, MB ChB, in 1984.[2][3][4]
Career
Harries was Regional Director for the South of England for Public Health England from February 2013 before being appointed Deputy Chief Medical officer for England in June 2019.[5][6] The appointment of a new Chief Medical Officer for England, Chris Whitty was announced simultaneously.[7]
She was appointed OBE in the 2016 New Year Honours.[8]
Harries is appearing at some of the daily press conferences held by the UK government to provide updates about the COVID-19 pandemic. She contributes medical information and answers questions from the press,[9] however some of her statements, including suggesting that those receiving fake virus-tracing phone calls could identify them from the tone of the conversation, have met with controversy and there have been calls on her to resign. [10][11]
References
- ^ "Professor Chris Whitty". GOV.UK. Retrieved 23 May 2020.
- ^ a b "General Medical Register". General Medical Council. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Old Joe - New Year Honours". Old Joe.
- ^ "CPAG member biographies". NHS. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
- ^ "Regional Director, South of England: Dr Jenny Harries OBE". gov.uk. Department of Health and Social Care. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "New deputy chief medical officer appointed for England". gov.uk. Department of Health and Social Care. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "New chief medical officer appointed". Department of Health and Social Care. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Page N12 | Supplement 61450, 30 December 2015 | London Gazette | The Gazette".
- ^ "Meet Jenny Harries, the doctor talking sense in the coronavirus pandemic". The Telegraph. 23 March 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Government's senior advisers face calls to resign over testing 'incompetence'". The Independent. 2020-04-20.
- ^ "Coronavirus: Call for government's medical advisers to resign over COVID-19 testing". Yahoo! News. 2020-04-20. Retrieved 15 May 2020.