Chief Executive of NHS England

The chief executive of NHS England is the head of the National Health Service in England, and is a senior medical management adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom. The chief executive directs the governing body of the NHS, and is the highest-ranking member of the Health Service's board. There have been nine chief executives of NHS England since the post was established in 1985, following the report and recommendation of Roy Griffiths.^[1]