National Institute for Health Protection
 National Institute for Health Protection  | |
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| Formation | 18 August 2020 |
| Leader | Dido Harding |
The National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP) is a UK government agency which was launched on 18 August 2020 and merges some of Public Health England's COVID-19/Pandemic response work with the coronavirus test and trace system.
Baroness Dido Harding, who runs NHS Test and Trace in England, is to be the interim chief of the NIHP.[1]
Critical tweets
Munira Wilson, the Liberal Democrat's health, wellbeing and social care spokesperson criticised the decision to promote a "Tory insider who's been responsible for the sub-par Test and Trace system". She said in a tweet that "total transparency" was needed when it came to such appointments.[2]
Labour's shadow health minister Justin Madders said in a tweet that there had been "no transparency or accountability" in Baroness Harding's appointment.[3]
Parody Boris Johnson tweeted:
- I'm delighted to confirm Dido Harding as head of our new Public Health agency, after she passed our recruitment checklist:
- a) track record of failure
- b) Tory peer
- c) no experience in public health or medicine
- d) friend of Matt Hancock[4]
References
- ↑ "Coronavirus: Dido Harding to be temporary head of new health agency"
- ↑ "We need to have total transparency in how appointments of this kind are made, rather than promoting a Tory insider who's been responsible for the sub-par Test & Trace system"
- ↑ "I’m literally speechless, appointed to a body that hasn’t been created yet without an interview and with a track record like that- absolutely no transparency or accountability"
- ↑ "I'm delighted to confirm Dido Harding as head of our new Public Health agency"
