NHS England’s new executive team (leading transition)

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NHS England’s new executive team (leading transition)

Sir James Mackey (new CEO NHS England)

Sir James Mackey, and NHS England, has today announced the incoming team who will help lead the organisation’s transition into the Department of Health and Social Care.

The team – called the NHS Transformation Executive Team – will replace the current NHS England Executive Group and will support ongoing business priorities, statutory functions and day to day delivery.

Except for the deputy chief executive officer, all colleagues will be in post on 1 April 2025 to support this critical work.

The roles of chief operating officer and chief delivery officer will no longer exist in the transformation structure, and under the new team there will be two co-medical directors, alongside new posts – a financial reset and accountability director and elective care, cancer and diagnostics director.

Regional directors will report into Jim Mackey as Chief Executive, as will Navina Evans (Chief Workforce, Training and Education Officer) and Chris Hopson (Chief Strategy Officer), and a new substantive chief digital officer will be recruited as soon as possible.

NHS Transformation Executive Team

Role	Responsibilities	Name
Chief Executive Officer	Overall accountability and leadership of the organisation Temporarily for a short period and until further notice: HR, OD and corporate operations Privacy, transparency and trust Legal Corporate governance Performance and Delivery Unit Inquiries Mental health, learning disability and autism	Sir James Mackey
Deputy CEO	Arrangements to be confirmed	David Probert
Co-Medical Director – Secondary Care	Responsibilities to be confirmed	Meghana Pandit
Co-Medical Director – Primary Care	Responsibilities to be confirmed	Claire Fuller
Chief Nursing Officer	Chief midwifery officer People and communities Professional and system leadership Nursing policy and strategy Quality, sustainability and innovation Clinical innovation	Duncan Burton
Chief Financial Officer	Specialised commissioning Medicines values and access New Hospitals Programme Operational finance Strategic finance Commercial (NHS Estates and Facilities), including relationship with SCCL (where NHS England is the sole shareholder)	Elizabeth O’Mahony
Financial Reset Director and Accountability Director	Working with CEO and Board, engaging with NHS England leaders, to work alongside the chief financial officer to ensure the financial reset delivers its objectives; and also moves smoothly into the new regime initiated by 10-Year Health Plan Intensive support to challenged systems System architecture and development	Glen Burley
Elective Care, Cancer and Diagnostics Director	Elective care Cancer Diagnostics and transport	Mark Cubbon
Clinical Transformation Director	Director of pathways and NHS IMPACT Clinical improvement (GIRFT) Programme Transformation strategy, finance and delivery National live digital and data services and platforms Digital transformation Research and development Innovation and life sciences Data and analytics	Vin Diwakar
Urgent and Emergency Care Director	Urgent and emergency care Discharge and intermediate care Emergency preparedness, response and resilience Operational improvement	Sarah-Jane Marsh
National Director of Primary Care and Community Services	Primary care Community care Vaccination programmes Screening programmes Child health information services	Dr. Amanda Doyle
Regional Directors (x7)	Regional directors will report into the chief executive and maintain current responsibilities	Anne Eden (South East) Claire Panniker (East) Dale Bywater (Midlands) Fiona Edwards (North East and Yorkshire) Louise Shepherd (North West) Caroline Clarke (London) Sue Doheny (acting) (South West)

NHS England’s new executive team (leading transition)

NHS Transformation Executive Team

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