Office for Health Improvement and Disparities

The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) is a government unit within the Department of Health and Social Care that leads national efforts to improve public health policy across England.

The body is a successor organisation to Public Health England, and is responsible for health improvement and public health functions along with NHS England, as outlined in correspondence on the location of Public Health England functions from 1 October 2021. The Office focuses on reducing the burdens of preventable illness and disease, and of health inequalities, on society and the healthcare system. It explores how incentives and rewards can encourage healthier behaviour, with an explicit focus on the work of the Health Promotion Board in Singapore.

The OHID became fully operational on 1 October 2021.