DHSC: business appointment rules advice, October to December 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).
Matthew Gould
Full name of applicant: Matthew Gould
Title of former Civil Service role: Chief Executive Officer NHSX
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 11 September 2022
New employer: Quantexa
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): member of the Advisory Board
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved subject to the following conditions:
- he should not draw on any privileged information available to him from his time in Crown Service
- for the period of 2 years from last day in Crown Service, he should not become personally involved in lobbying of government or any of its arms length bodies on behalf of his Quantexa Limited (including any parent companies, subsidaries, partners or clients)
- for the period of 2 years from last day in Crown Service, he should not make use of any contacts in government to influence policy, secure business funding, or otherwise unfairly advantage Quantexa Limited
- for the period of 2 years from last day in Crown Service, he should not provide advice to Quantexa Limited on the terms of, or with regard to the subject matter of, a bid or contract with, or relating directly to the work of the UK government or any arm’s length bodies
- for the period of 2 years from last day in Crown Service, he should not have any engagement on behalf of Qunatexa Limited with the UK government or any of its arm’s length bodies
Michael Severn
Full name of applicant: Michael Severn
Title of former Civil Service role: Design and Sustainability Lead SCS 1
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 17 October 2022
New employer: Kier Strategic Projects
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Senior Design Manager (24 October 2022)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved the application with the following restrictions from the date of departure and a reminder that future applications under the department’s BAR policy require 20 working days for consideration:
- no lobbying of DHSC or its executive agencies (UKHSA/ MHRA) for 12 months
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies for 12 months
- a reminder that he may not use privileged information gained during his employment in government for the benefit of his new employer
Samantha Atkinson
Full name of applicant: Samantha Atkinson
Title of former Civil Service role: Director Social Care Reform
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 17 November 2022
New employer: NSF Health Sciences
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Principle Consultant (1 December 2022)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following restrictions:
- she should not work on adult social care issues relating to the UK government for a period of 12 months from the point of leaving the civil service
- no professional contact with DHSC or its executive agencies (UKHSA/MHRA) for a period of 12 months from the point of leaving the civil service
- no lobbying of DHSC or its executive agencies (UKHSA/ MHRA) for a period of 24 months from the point of leaving the civil service
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies for a period of 24 months from the point of leaving the civil service
- a reminder that she may not use privileged information gained during her employment in government for the benefit of her new employer
Jessica Prestige
Full name of applicant: Jessica Prestige
Title of former Civil Service role: Special Advisor
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 25 October 2022
New employer: WA Communications
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Director Investment Services Team (21 November 2022)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following conditions:
- 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
Jeannette Howe
Full name of applicant: Jeannette Howe
Title of former Civil Service role: Deputy Director of Pharmacy
Date left or retired from the Civil Service: 31 April 2021
New employer: Alliance Healthcare Limited
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): NHS Advisory Board member (3 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 lobbying of DHSC or its executive agencies to April 2023 (that is, 2 years post departure from the Civil Service)
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies to April 2023
- 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: 2 applications:
- Janssen
- Sequirius
New appointment or employment (including when taken up): Direct Consultant (Janssen on 1 November 2022; Sequirius on 1 December 2022)
Department’s decision on application (including details of any waiting period or other conditions or restrictions applied): approved with the following conditions:
- no lobbying of DHSC or its executive agencies to April 2023 (that is, 2 years post departure from the Civil Service)
- no involvement in bids relating to DHSC or its executive agencies to April 2023
- a reminder that privileged information should not be used from the time of being in government to further interests outside government