has been appointed Lead
Non-Executive Member to the board of the Department of Health and
Social Care.
The former Health Secretary has a proven track record of reducing
waiting lists and improving satisfaction in the NHS.
The NHS is broken and it is the mission of this government to fix
it and make the health service fit for the future. As part of
this national mission, experts are being brought in to help
develop policy, and NHS staff and patients have been invited to
share their experience and ideas to change the NHS at
Change.NHS.gov.uk.
Members of the department board provide independent advice and
expertise to inform the department's strategy, performance and
governance and the Lead Non-Executive Member provides additional
support to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care in
his role as Chair of the board.
As a former Secretary of State, Alan brings experience at the
highest levels of helping transform the health and care system.
Health and Social Care Secretary said:
As Secretary of State, Alan made the reforms which helped deliver
the shortest waiting times and highest patient satisfaction in
the history of the NHS.
This government has inherited a broken health service with some
of the longest waiting times and lowest patient satisfaction in
history. I am delighted to welcome Alan to the department board,
where he will offer advice on turning the NHS around once again.
His unique expertise and experience will be invaluable and he has
an outstanding track record of delivering better care for
patients.
Lead Non-Executive Director said:
I am delighted to be appointed to this role.
Having spent three decades working in health policy, I have never
seen the NHS in a worse state. Big reforms will be needed to make
it fit for the future.
I am confident this government has the right plans in place to
transform the health service and the health of the nation. I'm
looking forward to working with them to achieve that mission.
Due to the requirements of the role and the unique expertise and
experience brings, he was appointed
directly by the Secretary of State on following consultation with
the Commissioner for Public Appointments, and in compliance with
the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
The Department of Health and Social Care would like to thank
Samantha Jones for all her work and support as non-executive
director since February 2023.
NOTES TO EDITORS
- In line with the Governance Code on Public Appointments,
political activity is not a bar to appointment but political
activity during the last five years should be declared. is a member of the Labour
Party.
- Government non-executives provide advice and bring an
external perspective to the business of government departments by
sitting on departmental boards. They do not have decision-making
powers.
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was Labour MP for Darlington
from 1992 to 2010. He was a health minister from 1997 to 1998
and became the Secretary of State for Health between 1999 and
2003.
