The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) was established to keep the nation safe from wide-ranging threats to our health security, while driving scientific innovation to prepare for and respond to current and future challenges.

The Haygarth Public Lecture has been established to celebrate the long tradition of public health action in Cheshire and is named in honour of the 18th-century Physician, John Haygarth FRS (1740-1827), who practiced Medicine at Chester Infirmary and has been described as “Clinical Investigator – Apostle of Sanitation”

Sponsored by the Faculty of Heath, Medicine and Society in conjunction with the Public Health Department at Cheshire West and Chester Council.