Tony Jewell (doctor)

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Tony Jewell, born 6th May 1950. is the Chief Medical Officer for Wales. He took up this post on 18 April 2006.

Jewell was a GP in inner London for 10 years before training in public health in East Anglia.

He has held the following posts in public health:

1996-1999 - Director of Public Health for North West Anglia
1999-2002 - Director of Public Health for Cambridgeshire.
2002-2006 - Clinical Director and Director of Public Health in Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire Strategic Health Authority.
2002-2006 - President of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health .

Dr Jewell, as Chief Medical Officer for Wales (CMO), provides independent professional advice and guidance to the First Minister and other Welsh Assembly Government Ministers on public health and healthcare matters.

The CMO:

Leads public health policy and programmes, working across all Welsh Assembly Government policy departments and with a wide range of external partners, with the aim of improving health and reducing health inequalities;
Leads the clinical contribution in Wales to improving the quality of healthcare and patient outcomes;
Leads the medical profession in Wales, having key roles in medical regulation, education and training, standards and performance;
Maintains appropriate UK and international links, working with other UK Chief Medical Officers, government departments and organisations.