What will Public Health England’s replacement do - and will it succeed?

Critics are questioning decision to hand coronavirus response to the new National Institute for Health Protection

Matt Hancock
Critics are questioning decision to hand coronavirus response to the new National Institute for Health Protection
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Public Health England (PHE) is to be replaced with a new organisation responsible for dealing with pandemics, Matt Hancock has confirmed.

In a speech on Tuesday, the health secretary (pictured above left with Boris Johnson) said that PHE will be scrapped and control of the UK’s coronavirus response handed to the newly formed (NIHP).

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