Bill McCarthy (NHS)

Bill McCarthy

Bill McCarthy is a former[1] Director of Policy for NHS England. He is an economist. His previous roles include Chief Executive at NHS Yorkshire and the Humber, Chief Executive at City of York Council and Director-General at the Department of Health (2005–07) responsible for health and social care strategy, system reform, and policy development and implementation.

He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 21st most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013.[2]

His salary of £175,000 (equivalent to £253,341 in 2023)[3] was the twenty-eighth highest in the NHS in 2013.[4]

McCarthy's departure from his post as NHS England Director of Policy was announced on 18 March 2014.[5] He has worked in and out of the NHS with a role as deputy vice chancellor (operations) at the University of Bradford. And in April 2022 held the role as senior independent director for the Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust.

In the 12th of December 2019, McCarthy gained a BSc in Economics with Politics from London University (Queen Mary College) and an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.[6]

On the 1st of January 2023 he had been appointed as the interim chair of the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.[7] With a term lasting up to 12 months

  1. ^ "McCarthy leaves NHS England - PMLiVE". pmlive.com. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  2. ^ "HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health". Health Service Journal. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
  4. ^ "Public sector chiefs' pay revealed: the 800 mandarins and quangocrats who earn over £100,000". Daily Telegraph. 12 January 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
  5. ^ "McCarthy leaves NHS England". Pharmaceutical Market Europe. 18 March 2014. Retrieved 27 April 2014.
  6. ^ "University of Bradford appoints new Deputy Vice-Chancellor - 2014 - News". University of Bradford. 12 March 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
  7. ^ FT, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS (12 December 2022). "Appointment of new Interim Chair at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust | News and Events". Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS FT. Retrieved 3 November 2024.