Grenfell Tower Inquiry chief appointed as boss to run NHS in Greater Manchester as the way we get our health care undergoes major changes
08.03.2022 - 21:01
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A Grenfell Tower Inquiry chief has been appointed as the new boss of the NHS in Greater Manchester - as the health service undergoes sweeping changes.
Mark Fisher, the director general and secretary to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, will become the chief executive of NHS Greater Manchester Integrated Care - a new NHS body that will formally come into being on July 1, if the Health and Care Bill passes in the House of Lords.
The board is one of many being set up across the country, changing how the NHS is run dramatically by operating it on a day-to-day basis, as well as all of the planning, buying of health and care services, and the development of long-term plans for the region.
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Mark Fisher joins former Manchester City Council leader, Sir Richard Leese, on the Integrated Care Board.
Sir Richard will become the chair of the new organisation upon the bill's passing in the legislature.
The Greater Manchester Integrated Care Board's priorities include making Greater Manchester's approach to health care more preventative, catching problems before they appear, along with the use of more technology to make health care run smoothly and efficiently, according to its incoming bosses.
Mr Fisher, who lives in Holmfirth, West Yorkshire, has worked across government and a variety of public sector settings, having held chief executive and director level roles, including at the Department of Work and Pensions, in the reduction child poverty, in the creation of jobs for young people and boosting skills investment for employers nationally.
He also takes up the role after serving as director general and