Department of Health and Social Care – Media enquiries

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1. DHSC media team
2. NHS
3. Community care
4. International, public health and medicines

DHSC media team

Contact our press office if you are a journalist with a media enquiry.

Journalists should email [email protected] or call our central newsdesk on 020 7972 3272. The newsdesk operates from 7am to 7:30pm, Monday to Friday.

Out of hours

To contact the press office out of hours (including weekends and public holidays), please call the duty press officer on 0333 320 1654.

NHS

Government policy on:

• urgent and emergency care
• NHS workforce
• NHS finances
• hospital buildings
• maternity services
• patient safety
• cancer and screening
• primary care
• blood and organ donation
• Joint Biosecurity Centre
• NHS Test and Trace
• testing and contact tracing

NHS

Contact:

• Alex Donaldson, chief media relations officer: [email protected]
• Lauren Martens, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
• Sophie Bartlett, media relations officer: [email protected]
• Tom Towers, media relations officer: [email protected]
• Ben Claxton, media relations executive: [email protected]

Community care

Government policy on:

• adult social care
• learning disabilities and autism
• mental health and suicide prevention
• vulnerable groups and health inequalities
• social prescribing
• long-term conditions and rare diseases
• women's and children's health
• cosmetic regulation
• abortion
• drug, gambling and alcohol addiction
• sexual health
• data and technology, including the NHS COVID-19 app and NHS COVID pass

Contact:

• Vicky Hodgkinson, chief media relations officer: [email protected]
• Sarah Cottrill, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
• Adam Cornell, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
• Lydia Jenkinson, media relations officer: [email protected]

International, public health and medicines

Government policy on:

• flu
• vaccinations
• personal protective equipment (PPE)
• shielding
• EU transition
• medicine supply and regulation
• coronavirus (COVID-19) therapeutics
• global health
• obesity
• infectious diseases
• antimicrobial resistance
• life sciences, including clinical trials and innovative treatments
• all media for the Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Chief Medical Officers

Contact:

• James Watkins, chief media relations officer: [email protected]
• Robbie Gordon, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
• Isabella Ford, senior media relations officer: [email protected]

• Frederick Stevens, media relations officer: [email protected]

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