UK Department of Health & Social Care
UK Department of Health & Social Care
08/10/2022 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 08/10/2022 07:19
Department of Health and Social Care – Media enquiries
Media enquiries
Contact information for the Department of Health and Social Care media team.
If you are a member of the public, please submit your enquiry via the general enquiries contact form.
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 7pm, 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
- health security, borders and testing
Contact:
- Lauren Martens, chief media relations officer: [email protected]
- Sophie Bartlett, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
- Isabella Ford, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
- Tom Towers, media relations officer: [email protected]
- Gemma Moynihan, 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, including long COVID
- women's and children's health
- cosmetic regulation
- abortion
- drug, gambling and alcohol addiction
- sexual health
- genomics, genetics and life sciences
- data and technology
Contact:
- Sarah Cottrill, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
- Adam Cornell, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
- Lauren Hadley, 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)
- 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
- media for the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
- 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]
- Jeremy Gale, senior media relations officer: [email protected]
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Hope Riley, media relations officer: [email protected]