Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

Not to be confused with NHS Improvement.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
Agency overview
Preceding agency
JurisdictionEngland
Ministers responsible
  • Maggie Throup MP
  • Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Vaccines and Public Health
Agency executives
Parent agencyDepartment of Health and Social Care
Websitehttps://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/office-for-health-improvement-and-disparities

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) is a government unit within the Department of Health and Social Care[1] that leads national efforts to improve public health policy across England.

The body is a successor organisation to Public Health England, and is responsible for health improvement and public health functions along with NHS England, as outlined in correspondence on the location of Public Health England functions from 1 October 2021.[2] The Office focuses on reducing the burdens of preventable illness and disease, and of health inequalities, on society and the healthcare system.[3] It explores how incentives and rewards can encourage healthier behaviour, with an explicit focus on the work of the Health Promotion Board in Singapore.[4]

The OHID became fully operational on 1 October 2021.[5]

  1. ^ "New Office for Health Promotion to drive improvement of nation's health". GOV.UK. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Public health system reforms: location of Public Health England functions from 1 October". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  3. ^ "New era of public health to tackle inequalities and level up the UK". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-10-02.
  4. ^ "New health promotion unit to use Singapore-style rewards to prompt people to be healthier". Health Service Journal. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Public health system reforms: location of Public Health England functions from 1 October". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-10-02.