The Chief Medical Officer for Scotland
Sir Harry Burns
MPH FRSC(Glas) FRCP(Ed) FFPH
The Chief Medical Officer (CMO) is the Scottish Government's principal medical adviser and is also Head of the Scottish Medical Civil Service. The post covers every aspect of health in Scotland.
Sir Harry is keen to encourage the assets based approach to people's health which focuses on behaviours and influences and also the social factors which impact people's health and wellbeing, especially in their early lives.
He took up post as Chief Medical Officer for Scotland in September 2005.
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Deputy Chief Medical Officer
Dr Aileen Keel
CBE MBChB FRCP FRCPath MFPH
Appointed Senior Medical Officer to the then Scottish Office Department of Health in 1992. Deputy Chief Medical Officer since 1999. Honorary consultant in haematology at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary.
Longstanding interest in the influence of lifestyle risk factors on health and champion of the Health Promoting Health Service in Scotland. Currently chair of the Scottish Cancer Taskforce.