Wes Streeting, the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, has confirmed Dr Penny Dash will be the new chair of NHS England.
Dr Dash is currently the Chair of the NHS North West London Integrated Care Board and is leading a major review into the regulation of health and social care quality in England. Her interim report, published last year, shone a light on the scale of the failure at the Care Quality Commission, and sparked the appointment of new leadership to turn around the health and care regulator.
A former NHS doctor, senior partner at McKinsey and Company working on healthcare globally, and Head of Strategy at the Department of Health and Social Care, Dr Dash has a wealth of experience in the public, private and government sectors.
With a background in in operational change, this is another sign that the Health Secretary is continuing to shape the health landscape to deliver his reforms of the NHS.
