Sir David Nicholson | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:David_Nicholson_1.jpg) David Nicholson on 22 December 2010 | |
| Chief Executive of NHS England | |
| In office September 2006 – 31 March 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Ian Carruthers |
| Succeeded by | Simon Stevens |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (before 1983) |
| Spouse | Sarah-Jane Marsh |
| Education | Forest Fields Grammar School Bristol Polytechnic |
Sir David Nicholson KCB CBE is a public policy analyst and NHS Manager who is the Chair of Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust and Chair of Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. He was previously the Chief Executive of the National Health Service in England.[1] He was appointed in October 2011 following the NHS reforms, having been seventh Chief executive of the NHS within the Department of Health since September 2006. He issued what has become known as the "Nicholson challenge" regarding the finances of the NHS. He retired from the role on 1 April 2014 in the wake of the Stafford Hospital scandal.[2]
- ^ NHS Commissioning Board: Who's Who – Retrieved 13 May 2012 http://www.commissioningboard.nhs.uk/whos-who/ Archived 4 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ NHS England. "Sir David Nicholson Announces Plan to Retire from NHS".