Frank Atherton

Frank Atherton
Frank Atherton
Chief Medical Officer for Wales
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 August 2016
Preceded by	Dr Chris Jones
Personal details
Nationality	British
Education	University of Leeds
Occupation	Physician

Frank Atherton is a British physician who is the Chief Medical Officer for Wales.[1][2]

Career

Atherton was formerly deputy chief medical officer in the Department of Health and Wellness in Nova Scotia, Canada, director of public health in north Lancashire, and president of the UK Association of Directors of Public Health.[3][4]

Covid-19 pandemic

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Wales, Atherton said that he was attempting to reduce the risk of transmission by taking "all appropriate measures".[5]

gollark: My interpretation of the rules is that I always win all the time and all other intepretations are void. SoundOfSpouting: SOUNDOFSPOUTED.

gollark: Quonauts isn't entirely a logical system, is it? It falls back on human judgement.

gollark: Didn't we end up breaking Quo9.5?

gollark: Nobody cared enough to stop me, basically.

gollark: But if there was no heavloophole it would have passed fine.

References

"Coronavirus: First case in Wales confirmed". BBC News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
"Dr. Frank Atherton (The University of Manchester)". festivalofpublichealth.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
"Dr Frank Atherton: Chief Medical Officer". GOV.WALES. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
"Dr Frank Atherton appointed Wales' new Chief Medical Officer". wales.nhs.uk. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
"Coronavirus: First Welsh case among three new UK diagnoses". BBC. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.

External links

"Working as a doctor in Wales by Dr Frank Atherton". Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

Government offices
Preceded by Dr Chris Jones	Chief Medical Officer for Wales 2016–present	Incumbent

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[1] "Coronavirus: First case in Wales confirmed". BBC News. 28 February 2020. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[2] "Dr. Frank Atherton (The University of Manchester)". festivalofpublichealth.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[3] "Dr Frank Atherton: Chief Medical Officer". GOV.WALES. Retrieved 4 April 2020.

[4] "Dr Frank Atherton appointed Wales' new Chief Medical Officer". wales.nhs.uk. 29 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2020.

[5] "Coronavirus: First Welsh case among three new UK diagnoses". BBC. 28 February 2020. Archived from the original on 28 February 2020. Retrieved 28 February 2020.