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England chief of England Amanda Pritchard resigned on Tuesday as the government signaled its intention to tighten Whitehall’s control over difficulty health service.
Noting her departure, NHS England said Pritchard’s replacement, Sir James Mackey, would be given “a task of radically reshaping” the relationship between health service and the government.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting on Tuesday said Mackey had “agreed to grow to provide new leadership for a new era for NHS”, adding ministers “seeking a new relationship” with health service.
Mackey has been given the title of the “CEO transition” of NHS England and will work closely with Pritchard for the next month before receiving the official post on April 1. He “knows NHS inside the outside, can see how to change, and will work with the speed and urgency we need,” the road added.
The Financial Times has previously reported that the Labor Government will seek to bring the high leadership of the England, the body that runs the health service in England, in the central government.
In a statement on Tuesday, Pritchard said it had been a “extremely difficult decision for me to stay down”.
She added: “It has been a great privilege to lead the NHS in England through what has undoubtedly been the most difficult period in its history.”
Her decision follows criticism from MPs in recent weeks of its leadership for health service, which the government has pledged to reform radically.
A government official said she “chose to resign and it was everything very friendly”.
Pritchard, a health service veteran, had held the role since 2021. Its removal was first reported by Guardian.
