Dr Nicholas Hicks

Nick is currently Public Health Strategy Advisor to the Chief Medical Advisor, UK Health Security Agency.  He is a Founder and the Chief Executive of Cobic. He founded Cobic to provide advice and practical support to health and care economies that want to become more outcomes - and value-based in their approach. He is also an Associate Fellow of Green Templeton College at the University of Oxford and lead for the Management in Medicine Programme.

Nick’s career has included time as a practising GP, a hospital doctor, a Primary Care Trust chief executive, a Director of Public Health, a public health consultant, a policy advisor to government and a health services researcher. He has had several attachments in the Department of Health including in its strategy unit where he worked closely with the Secretary of State and other Ministers.