Transcript of a meeting consisting of presentations and discussions, chaired by Sir Liam, for the Health Protection, International Health & Scientific Development Directorate; part of the Health and Social Care Standards and Quality Group within the Department of Health. Discussions include progress for the directorate, priorities and areas for improvement.

Transcript of a meeting consisting of presentations and discussions, chaired by Sir Liam, for the Care Services Directorate; part of the Health and Social Care Standards and Quality Group within the Department of Health. Discussions include progress for the directorate, priorities and areas for improvement.

Oral evidence for the Inquiry commisioned by himself into matters concerning the former Yorkshire Regional Health Authority.

Includes material specifically related to Sir Liam's major tobacco control and smoking cessation campaigns as covered in various Annual Reports (see related material).

Published leaflet by the Retained Organs Commission providing information on a number of frequently asked questions about human tissue blocks and slides. Part of a series of leaflets produced by the commission for parents and relatives.

Consultation seeking comments, views and reponses to questions relating to the legal status that should be accorded to tissue blocks and slides removed at post mortem examinations and during surgery. Directly informed the consultation report and Green Paper Human Bodies, Human Choices.

Aimed at Health and Health Care Organisations and other related professional groups. Closed 14 February 2003.

This report was produced at the request of the Secretary of State for Health in response to the withdrawal of an oral polio vaccine (OPV) in October 2000 in light of it containing bovine material and the negligible risks this entailed due to a rise in bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreaks. It examined the circumstances leading to the withdrawal and makes recommendations on the wider issues raised by these events. These include the need for the Medicines Control Agency to review its procedures for checking validity of information supplied by pharmaceutical companies, a published summary of advice on vaccination production by the Committee on Safety of Medicines and clear communication to the public and health care professionals on the links between vaccine manufacture and BSE.

This report sets out a framework for strengthening the public health function of the Government's health strategy, and was a key component of implementing the NHS Plan, based on a programme of health improvement and service quality set out in the 1999 White Paper Saving Lives: Our Healthier Nation. This programme demanded stronger public health capability at every level to be effective. Sir Liam called for a wider understanding of health and well-being, better coordination and communication within the public health function and with other agencies, sustained community development and public engagement and and an increase of capacity and capabilities within the public health function.

Includes a template letter dated 28 March 2001 sent out to fellow health professionals with the report, acknowledging the contribution of Sir Kenneth Calman (Chief Medical Officer for England from 1991 - 1998) and others.

This report was written in conjunction with Sir Liam's Report of a Census of Organs and Tissues Retained by Pathology Services in England and in response to public criticism at the unauthorised retention of children's tissue and organs at certain hospitals.

It drew together problems and concerns with the current system and made recommendations for change to ensure greater respect and compassion for the deceased and bereaved, clearer information on the medical purpose of such retention and greater participation in decisions by families, while preserving the need to continue the practice more appropriately for research and training needs.

Legislative reform was also recommended to require clear consent from families for retention and the need for an independent commission to be established to return organs and tissues to families where requested.