DHSC: business appointment rules advice, January to March 2023
Published 16 August 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).
Timothy Sculthorpe
Full name of applicant: Timothy Sculthorpe
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Advisor to Minister
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 25 October 2022
New employer: Field Consulting
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Director (23 January 2023)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following restrictions:
- no work on government contracts for a period of 12 months from leaving government
- no lobbying government for 12 months from leaving government
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government
Louise Wood
Full name of applicant: Louise Wood
Title of former Civil Service role: Director CSA Group
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 3 June 2022
New employer: Independent Consultancy
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Independent Consultant (10 February 2023)
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 DHSC, its executive agencies or NIHR to June 2024 (that is, 2 years post departure from the Civil Service)
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC, its executive agencies or NIHR to June 2024 (that is, 2 years post departure from the Civil Service)
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government
In addition, a reminder that the approval is on the basis of this application and the detail contained within. Before accepting any further commissions for the independent consultancy and/or before extending or otherwise changing the nature of any commissions, further advice will need to be sought from the department.
Mark Davies
Full name of applicant: Mark Davies
Title of former Civil Service role: Director of Population Health
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 27 September 2021
New employer: Fairness Foundation Charity
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Advisory (unpaid role)
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 DHSC or its executive agencies to end September 2023 (that is, 2 years post his departure from the Civil Service)
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies to end September 2023
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government
Kathy Hall
Full name of applicant: Kathy Hall
Title of former Civil Service role: Director, Digital Strategy and Transformation
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 10 May 2023
New employer: Blavatnik School of Government
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Chief Operating Officer (15 May 2023)
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 DHSC or its executive agencies for 2 years from the point of departure
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies for 2 years from the point of departure
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government
Sir Jonathan Van Tam
Full name of applicant: Sir 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: Moderna
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Senior Consultant Medical Affairs (3 May 2023)
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 DHSC or its executive agencies to March 2024 (2 years post his departure from the civil service)
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies to March 2024
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government