In 2007 was invited by the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Health to look at how UK experience and expertise in health could be used to best effect to help improve health in developing countries in terms of needs as identified and expressed by people from those countries and in order to add practical value to work already under way.  This resulted in the Crisp report Global health partnerships: the UK contribution to health in developing countries.  The formal response Global health partnerships – the Government response is now available.