Evidence Informed Leadership 15 November 2017 Richard Gleave, Deputy Chief Executive
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Public Health England PHE exists to protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. We do this through world-class science, advocacy, partnerships, knowledge and intelligence, and the delivery of specialist public health services. 3 Public Health England
What we are not A Provider A Whitehall Department A University A Regulator A Commissioner 4 Public Health England
An “unholy trinity” Academics Civil Servants Ministers 5 Public Health England
First contrasting perspective Academics “I was shocked at the level of interference of civil Civil servants at certain points in the process of the research. Specifically they intervened at the Servants sampling stage.” “There was huge pressure to spin findings to fit their agenda” Ministers Academics in LSE study published 2014 6 Public Health England
Second contrasting perspective Academics “ We got some really high quality papers but it was Civil always felt that they were answering yesterday’s Servants question tomorrow” Senior civil servant from 2012 workshop Ministers 7 Public Health England
Third contrasting perspective “Do we think it will work? Sure I think it will work. Academics And if you ask me for evidence, my evidence is the whole of history of the world. It’s not a question of Civil getting some academic in some tower to use some Servants absurd statistical regression to prove some point.” Oliver Letwin MP 2010 Ministers 8 Public Health England
(1) Science Academic Industry Government Industry Government 9 Public Health England
(1) Science Government Office for Science Academic “We ensure that government policies and decisions are informed by the best scientific evidence and strategic long-term thinking.” Industry Government Industry Government 10 Public Health England
(2) More than evidence Sources Of Knowledge Expertise Realpolitik & Experience 11 Public Health England
2(a) Knowledge PHE’s Knowledge Strategy Translation implementation Developing Knowledge products • Assessed needs • Research & • What works Evaluation • Spread and • Surveillance • Analysis dissemination • Data & Information • Modelling • Local support • Networks & • Evidence synthesis Experience • Data visualisation and sharing Generating Knowledge Delivering outcomes: improving health and reducing inequalities 12 Public Health England
A “Knowledge Product” “Spatial Planning for Health” (2017) PHE commissioned UWE to produce a tool to communicate the associations between health and spatial planning and the strength of the evidence 13 Public Health England
2(b) Expertise and Experience 14 Public Health England
3(c) Sugar – “rational” process Academic Papers Surveillance data 15 Public Health England
And then there’s “realpolitik” Academic Papers Surveillance data 16 Public Health England
(3) Impact PATHOS LOGOS PERSUASION ETHOS KAIROS 17 Public Health England
Aristotle gone wrong PATHOS LOGOS PERSUASION KAIROS ETHOS 18 Public Health England
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