Great to have this enthusiastic support. I think that statement should really read “DsPH back in local councils are one of the really good things to come out of 2012 Act” Directors of #publichealth have been around since the 1850s as our @ADPHUK timeline shows. #JustSaying https://twitter.com/stevensenior/status/1380616957502840834

For history buffs among us, Directors of #publichealth were around 100 years BEFORE the NHS was created. We started in local government in 1848. Local government is in our DNA. Fabulous to have this recognition from our Secretary of State https://academic.oup.com/jpubhealth/article/36/4/546/1532200

And a wee while ago colleagues at @LGAWellbeing did this fascinating (and a bit herdy in nicest possible sense )thread on #publichealth history and local govt that makes my nerdiness look utterly perfunctory https://twitter.com/LGAWellbeing/status/1271093609836789762?s=20