DHSC: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2021
Updated 2 February 2022
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Transparency information about outside appointments or employment taken up by former members of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) at SCS1 and SCS2 level and equivalents (including special advisers of equivalent standing).
Duncan Selbie
Full name of applicant: Duncan Selbie
Title of former Civil Service role: Chief Executive of Public Health England
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 3 November 2020
New employer 1: Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Health Adviser to the Premier (21 October 2020 - 31 March 2021)
New employer 2: Saudi Arabia Public Health Authority
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Chief Advisor to the Chief Executive (6 April 2021)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following conditions:
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he should not draw on (disclose or use for the benefit of himself or the persons or the organisations this advice refers too) any privileged information available to him from time in Crown Service
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for 2 years from last day in Crown Service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying UK government or the NHS on behalf of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, nor should he make use directly or indirectly, of his contacts in the government or Crown Service to influence policy, secure business funding or otherwise unfairly advantage the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Centre for Disease Control (including wider Saudi Arabia government and associated organisations of the Centre for Disease Prevention)
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for 2 years from his last day in office, he should not provide advice on the terms of, or regarding the subject matter, a bid or contract with, or relating directly to the work of the UK government or NHS
Alex Cooper
Full name of applicant: Alex Cooper
Title of former Civil Service role: NHS Test & Trace, Director of Mass Testing
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 12 April 2021
New employer: Langland Conservation
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Founder / Director
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): the department did not consider the application due to the individual starting in role before application was submitted.
Full name of applicant: Alex Cooper
Title of former Civil Service role: NHS Test & Trace, Director of Mass Testing
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 12 April 2021
New employer: Future Forest Company
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Chief Operating Officer
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved. Restriction on any lobbying of UK government on behalf of the new employer for a period of 6 months.
You must not be involved with any bids relating to NHS Test & Trace for a period of 6 months.
You must not use any privileged information gained during your time at the department for the benefit of your new employer.
The department would also like to remind you that we require 20 working days to consider outside business applications, and this is required for both paid and unpaid work.
Heather Chicken
Full name of applicant: Heather Chicken
Title of former Civil Service role: Head of Major Programmes, Capital Delivery and Investment
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 9 October 2020
New employer: Deloitte
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Senior Associate
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved. Restriction on any lobbying of UK government on behalf of your new employer.
You may not have any involvement with any bids relating to DHSC.
I would also like to remind you that you may not use privileged information gained in your time at DHSC for the benefit of your new employer.