This report, led by Sir Liam as a statement on behalf of the Government, the medical profession and the NHS, set out a public commitment to high quality healthcare with an emphasis on safety and a framework to achieve it. This included clear standards and best practice implementation, greater clinical governance towards quality assurance and improvement in supported local services, patient collaboration and safety improvements and greater collaborative working.

This report by an expert group chaired by Sir Liam and the Chief Dental Officer for England, in response to the rise of dental treatments performed under general anaesthestetic during the 1990s, called for standards aimed at protecting patients to be more rigorously enforced and private dental practice to be properly regulated.

Set out recommendations which aimed to prevent unexpected deaths or non-fatal complications occurring outside hospital in circumstances which seemed to be avoidable.

Consists of an essay prepared by Sir Liam for the MSD Foundation Meeting Alternative Futures: The NHS in the Next Five Years .

This report contains a detailed overview of the health issues, campaigns and developments Sir Liam was involved in over the course of his 12 years in office, including those championed through his annual reports and special reports. It includes the background to these issues, Sir Liam's contribution to debate and reform and the advances these contributions contributed or directly led to.

Conists of call for entries for Sir Liam's annual public health award for 2009 as advertised in The Lancet, medical journal.

Consists of call for entries for Sir Liam's annual public health award for 2010 as advertised in The Lancet, Health Service Journal, and Nursing Times.

Consultation example for discussion of a report intended for children and young people regarding their relationship with alcohol. Includes Sir Liam's draft guidance, myths and realities of underage drinking and further information and sources of advice.

Part of Governments Consultation on Children, Young People and Alcohol, which ran for 12 weeks seeking the views of young people, carers, parents and other interested parties and closed on 23 April 2009. Sir Liam's condensed draft guidance featured on page 6.

Report by team chaired by Dame Deirdre Hine to review the appropriateness and effectiveness of the UK strategy for responding domestically to the H1N1 Swine Flu influenza pandemic and make recommendations for future planning.

Includes covering letter to Sir Liam from Dame Deirdre enclosing a copy of the report and congratulating him for making sure the UK was prepared and knew the risks of a pandemic.

This report, commissioned by the Secretary of State for Health, was in response to claims made by The Sunday Telegraph that women beyond the legal limit for abortion in England were being referred abroad by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS). It investigated the handling of late abortion cases by this registered charity and service provider.

Found that BPAS's ability to provide abortion and reproductive counselling and services had not been compromised and made a number of best practice recommendations for dealing with late gestation abortion cases, developing protocols for late term abortion counselling and improving early access to services.

This report, produced with the assistance of safety experts from various fields, aimed to ensure lessons were learned from past adverse events in the NHS and reduce the risks to patients in the future. It identified key areas to enable the NHS to reform its approach to safety and made associated recommendations including an independent reporting scheme, a programme of learning into adverse events and enhanced learning from error.