DHSC: business appointment rules advice, April to June 2022
Published 26 April 2023
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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).
Clive Richardson
Full name of applicant: Clive Richardson
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director, Technology Policy
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 24 June 2022
New employer: Amazon Web Services
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Senior Manager, Public Policy (4 July 2022)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following restrictions:
- no lobbying of UK government
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC
- no professional contact with DHSC
Jonathan Van Tam
Full name of applicant: Jonathan Van Tam
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 March 2022
New employer: Gilead Sciences
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): one hour lecture on 9 June 2022
Lecture covered:
- general lessons learned during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic
- the role of research and development in developing antiviral drugs
- leadership
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with a reminder that you must not use any privileged information gained during your time in government as part of the lectures.
Full name of applicant: Jonathan Van Tam
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 March 2022
New employer: Seqirus
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): holding a workshop, alongside other academics, and constructing a scientific paper for publication commenting on disparities between the UK, Australia and USA on approaches and relative successes of each country’s COVID-19 vaccination programme and identifying success factors that can be applied to influenza vaccination.
Holding a one hour lecture on 24 June 2022 to attendees at a Seqirus-sponsored scientific meeting in Australia (held remotely). Subject: ‘Use for real-world (observational) data to inform influenza vaccination programmes’.
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with a reminder that you must not use any privileged information gained during your time in government as part of the lectures or workshops.
Full name of applicant: Jonathan Van Tam
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 March 2022
New employer: Astra Zeneca
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): one hour lecture on 14 June 2022 to attendees at the Astra Zeneca sponsored Global Respiratory Leaders Forum in Barcelona.
The lecture covered general lessons learned during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, the value of vaccination and aspects of leadership. Together with implications of the pandemic for the future of respiratory care.
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with a reminder that you must not use any privileged information gained during your time in government as part of the lectures.