Sir Chris Wormald has been appointed Cabinet Secretary, becoming the UK’s top civil servant and the Prime Minister’s most senior policy adviser. The current permanent secretary of the ...

Sir Chris is currently permanent secretary at the Department of Health and Social Care, advising the health secretary on policy and managing the budget since 2016 - all through the COVID pandemic.

Health department chief Sir Chris Wormald’s appointment as the UK’s top civil servant is “unbelievably frustrating and worrisome”, Covid-19 victims’ campaigners said.

The Health Secretary - one of the top opponents of the legislation - said assisted dying would take 'time and money' away ...

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case has announced he will step down by the end of the year on health grounds. The top civil servant had been undergoing medical treatment for a "neurological condition ...

Cabinet Secretary Simon Case has announced he will step down by the end of the year on health grounds. The top civil servant had been undergoing medical treatment for a "neurological condition ...