Chief Executive of NHS England

There have been eight chief executives of NHS England since the post was established in 1985, following the report and recommendation of Sir Roy Griffiths.[1]

  1. Victor Paige 1985–1986 (1.5 years, as chair)[2]
  2. Len Peach 1986–1989 (3 years)
  3. Duncan Nichol 1989–1994 (5 years)
  4. Alan Langlands 1994–2000 (6 years)
  5. Nigel Crisp 1 November 2000 – 6 March 2006. (5.5 years)
  6. Ian Carruthers 7 March 2006 – September 2006 (interim for 6 months)
  7. David Nicholson September 2006 – 31 March 2014 (6.5 years at the Department of Health and 1 year at NHS England)
  8. Simon Stevens 1 April 2014 – present (6.5 years - )

From 1985 until 2013 the NHS Executive and its predecessor bodies formed part of England's Department of Health.

Since April 2013 NHS England has been an independent statutory body.[3] It has been argued that NHS England's independence gives the Chief Executive 'the potential to be a prominent national figure able to speak on behalf of the NHS'.[4]

Its clinicians, managers and health experts are employed as public officials not as civil servants.

References
  1. "Griffiths Report on NHS October 1983". Socialist Health Association. 1983-10-05. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  2. "NHS Management Board | Policy Navigator". navigator.health.org.uk. Retrieved 2019-03-30.
  3. Institute for Government. "NHS England" (PDF).
  4. Benbow, David (2018). ""With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility": Democracy, the Secretary of State for Health and Blame Shifting Within the English National Health Service". International Journal of Health Services. doi:10.1177/0020731418766232.
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