Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer 2002
Over the last 150 years, annual reports have been published by the Chief Medical Officer, not every year but most years. These reports provided an important record of the nation's health and the major challenges faced by government in tackling the main problems. In the last twenty years or so, the annual report has also provided detailed accounts of a wide range of initiatives taken by the government on public health and in the National Health Service.
