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From the public health England wiki page:

A reorganisation of public health protection in England was announced by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock, on 18 August 2020. PHE would be combined with NHS Test and Trace to form the National Institute for Health Protection, under a new leadership structure headed by Conservative peer Dido Harding as interim CEO.[16] Michael Brodie, current CEO of the NHS Business Services Authority, was appointed as interim PHE CEO, replacing Duncan Selbie.[17]

The new NIHP would focus on infectious disease control, particularly the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Options for PHE's other roles, such as preventing ill health and reducing health inequalities, were to be discussed

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