Professor Waterall has had a varied career, working in positions across local, regional and national organisations within the health and care sector. He has led several high-profile initiatives such as NHS Health Check, The National Cardiovascular Disease Prevention programme and the Healthy Child Programme. He currently serves as Deputy Chief Public Health Nurse for England. He has published on a wide range of subjects and continues to hold several honorary professorial appointments. Jamie strongly believes that the 2020s needs to be a decade of global transformation, that will see health and care systems placing a stronger focus on public health interventions.