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UKHSA Advisory Board Agenda: July 2025

Updated 4 July 2025

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Title of meeting: UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Advisory Board

Date: Tuesday 8 July 2025

Time: 10.00am to 11.40am

Venue: London offices

 Time     Agenda item                          Presenter    
1.  


10.00am  		 Announcements, apologies and declarations of interest

To note apologies and declarations		 Ian Peters
 2.    
    		 Minutes of previous meeting and matters arising

To agree minutes of the 13 May 2025 meeting and note the action list and matters arising         		 Ian Peters

Enclosure AB/25/034

Enclosure AB/25/035   
 3.  

10.05am  		 Interim Chief Executive’s update

To note the update from the acting Chief Executive including key operational pressures, current infectious disease and health hazard responses, and forward look   		 Dyfed Alsop

Enclosure   AB/25/036        
 4.  

10.20am   		 Financial report

To receive an update on UKHSA’s financial position to date                                                                                                 		 Luke Heath

Enclosure   AB/25/037           
 5.  

10.30am  		 Core preparedness for environmental hazards

To discuss preparedness for environmental hazards including climate change impacts on health and vector borne disease threats                                                                     		 Lea Berrang-Ford

Enclosure   AB/25/038               
 6.  

10.50am   		 Global Health Activities

To discuss UKHSA’s global health activity to date and ambitions for UKHSA’s global activity and engagement beyond 2025   		 Susan Hopkins
Diana Randall
Gemma Lien

Enclosure   AB/25/039              
 7.  

11.10am   		 Health Equity for Health Security

To note progress in building capability and capacity to deliver more equitable health outcomes   		 Susan Hopkins
Shona Arora
Hannah Taylor

Enclosure   AB/25/040              
8.  

11.30am		 Advisory Board committees

To receive verbal updates from latest committee meetings:
• Audit and Risk Committee (3 June 2025)


To note confirmed minutes of committee:
• Audit and Risk Committee (18 March 2025)

• People and Culture Committee (5 February 2025)

• Science and Research Committee (29 January 2025)


To endorse revised Terms of Reference for committees:
• Audit and Risk Committee

• People and Culture Committee

• Science and Research Committee



Graham Hart



Enclosure AB/25/041
Enclosure AB/25/042
Enclosure AB/25/043




Enclosure AB/25/044
Enclosure AB/25/045
Enclosure AB/25/046
 9.  
  11:35am   		 Questions from members of the public

To respond to any questions from members of the public  		 Ian Peters
 10.  Forward look

To note the forward plan of Advisory Board discussions and the calendar of Board and committee meetings   		 Ian Peters

Enclosure   AB/25/047   
 11.  

11.40am   		 Any other business and close  Ian Peters  
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