03 Profile
Who Dr Martin Bewley is
Dr Martin Bewley is a Consultant in Health Protection at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA). A Leeds City Council public health report gives his role as public health consultant in health protection at UKHSA, Leeds.
UKHSA is an executive agency sponsored by the Department of Health and Social Care, and it works to prevent, prepare for and respond to infectious diseases and environmental hazards. He was quoted in the UKHSA and MHRA statement on updated botulinum toxin warnings, and in Yorkshire press coverage of botulism cases in Leeds linked to cosmetic botulinum toxin procedures. In that coverage he said botulism is rare but can be serious, that effective treatments exist, and that people with symptoms after a recent treatment should seek medical advice and use a licensed practitioner.
A Leeds Health Protection Board report records him giving an overview of national and local public health threats alongside a Leeds City Council public health officer. In the 2025 Leeds Director of Public Health annual report he wrote a foreword on climate change and health protection.
Notable achievements
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Quoted as UKHSA's Consultant in Health Protection in the joint UKHSA/MHRA announcement of updated warnings for botulinum toxin products following rare cases of botulism Source ↗
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Contributed a UKHSA foreword to the Leeds Director of Public Health Annual Report 2025 on health in a warming climate Source ↗
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Presented with Leeds City Council's Chief Officer Public Health on national and local public health threats to the Leeds Health Protection Board Source ↗
