Annex 1: Location of PHE functions from 1 October 2021

The table below provides an overview of where current PHE functions will be located in the new system.

Function name	Primary PHE directorate	Function destination
Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR)	Health Protection and Medical	UKHSA
Regional and Local Health Protection	Places and Regions	UKHSA
Rare Zoonotic Infections, Gastrointestinal Infections and Associated Areas	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards	Chief Operating Officer	UKHSA
National Specialist Surveillance and Reference Laboratories	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Local Microbiology Laboratories and Infection Specialist Services	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Infections Research and Development	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Healthcare Acquired Infections and Anti-Microbial Resistance	National Infection Service	UKHSA
National Immunisation	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Vaccines and Countermeasures	National Infection Service	UKHSA
National Poisons Information Service	Health Protection and Medical	UKHSA
Global Public Health (Health Protection)	Health Protection and Medical	UKHSA
Global Public Health (Health Improvement)	Health Protection and Medical	OHID
Medical and Public Health Professional Leadership and Practice	Health Protection and Medical	UKHSA
Nursing, Midwifery, AHP and Emergency Services Public Health Leadership	Nursing, Maternity and Early Years	OHID
Maternity and Early Years	Nursing, Maternity and Early Years	OHID
Alcohol, Drugs, Tobacco and Inclusion health	Health Improvement	OHID
Diet, Obesity and Physical Activity	Health Improvement	OHID
Health Marketing and Behavioural Change	Health Marketing	OHID
Regional and Local Health and Wellbeing Advice and Support	Places and Regions	OHID
Dental public health	Health Improvement	OHID
Health Improvement Priority Programmes (including public mental health)	Health Improvement	OHID
Health and Justice	Health Improvement	UKHSA
Blood safety, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infections Service (STIS) and HIV	National Infection Service	UKHSA
Sexual Health and HIV services	Health Improvement	OHID
National Screening Programmes	Health Improvement	OHID and NHSE/I
UK National Screening Committee	Health Improvement	OHID
Screening Quality Assurance	Health Improvement	NHSE/I
Regional and Local Screening and Immunisation Commissioning Support and Expert Advice (embedded in NHSE)	Places and Regions	NHSE/I
National Disease Registration	Health Improvement	NHSD
Science Hub Programme	Science Hub	UKHSA
Research, Translation and Innovation (Health Improvement)	Health Improvement	OHID
Research, Translation and Innovation (Health Protection)	Health Improvement	UKHSA
Health Intelligence	Health Improvement	OHID
People services	People	UKHSA
Public Health Workforce	People	OHID
Health Economics and modelling	Strategy	OHID
Strategy	Strategy	UKHSA
Corporate Functions	Corporate Affairs	UKHSA
Regional and Sub Regional Health Care Public Health (HCPH)	Places and Regions	NHSE/I
Internal and external communications	Communications	UKHSA
Business development	Finance and Commercial	UKHSA
Financial management and financial strategy and services	Finance and Commercial	UKHSA
Digital and Information Communication Technology (ICT)	Finance and Commercial	UKHSA
Procurement	Finance and Commercial	UKHSA
Estates and Facilities	Finance and Commercial	UKHSA
Data and Analytical Sciences	National Infection Service	UKHSA
National Healthcare Public Health	Health Protection and Medical	NHSE/I
Quality, Clinical Governance and Safeguarding	Nursing, Maternity and Early Years	OHID
COVID-19 response	Pandemic response unit	UKHSA
Public Health Grant Assurance	Finance and Commercial	DHSC and OHID