Director General, Global and Public Health Group
Department of Health and Social care
Catherine Frances CB is Director General, Global and Public Health Group at the Department of Health and Social care. From September 2019 to December 2024, Catherine was the Director General for Local Government, Resilience and Communities at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Catherine’s previous roles include the Director for Public Services in HM Treasury, and other senior civil service roles in the Department of Health and HM Treasury. As Director General for Global and Public Health, Catherine is responsible for emergency preparedness, health protection, health improvement, public health systems, chief public health nurse office, supply resilience, Covid-19 Inquiry response, and international engagement on health.
One year in from a new UK government, frontline services are not only dealing with reductions in budgets (in real terms) and rising demand, but long overdue funding reforms and potentially generational reforms to organisations and institutional structures through devolution. How can we work more closely across regional and local structures to deliver positive outcomes to communities?
