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Chief Medical Officer (CMO): annual reports

The CMO publishes independent reports and presents them to the government.

Updates to this page

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published:
25 October 2017
Last updated:
4 December 2025
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  1. Added 'Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2025: infections' to Professor Chris Whitty section.

  2. Added 'The health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate in England' to Professor Chris Whitty section.

  3. Added 'Health trends and variation in England 2025: a Chief Medical Officer report' to Professor Chris Whitty section.

  4. Added 'Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2024: health in cities'.

  5. Added 2023 annual report on health in an ageing society.

  6. Added annual report on air pollution.

  7. Added the 'Technical report on the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK'.

  8. Added 'Chief Medical Officer’s annual report 2021: health in coastal communities' to the collection.

  9. Added 'Chief Medical Officer annual report 2019: partnering for progress'.

  10. The 2018 annual report has been added.

  11. The 2017 annual report has been added.

  12. First published.

In their annual report, the CMO presents information or ‘surveillance’ about the health of England’s population to the government.

The CMO may give recommendations to government, and individual organisations, to make improvements to the public health system.

Professor Chris Whitty

Professor Dame Sally Davies

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