Public Health England analogous to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is to be restructured.  A new agency The National Institute for Health Protection will be formed.  This institute will absorb the National Health Test and Trace Program previously managed by Public Health England.

The decision by the Conservative government has been extensively criticized. The change was based on the suboptimal performance of the Agency during the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic with failures in both testing and tracing.

There is always concern when an agency is dismantled, and scientist and administrators are reassigned to new areas with different responsibilities but requiring the same skill set and experience.

It is hoped that prior to our subsequent to the November election there will be no radical changes in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).  Some announcements reflecting adversely on the image and reputation of the Agency are only partly justified. These were based on the slow response to the escalating incidence rate and mortality attributed to delays in testing and isolation.  It is inopportune at this time to access the strengths and weaknesses of CDC with the COVID pandemic. The CDC is regarded as the premier health investigation agency in the world and serves as the prototype for many nations.  Unfortunately, COVID has become a highly political and bipartisan issue to the detriment of applying science-based approaches to controlling the pandemic.