Mike Farrar

Mike Farrar CBE (born in 1960) was Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation from 2011 until October 2013.

Early career

Prior to working for the NHS, he worked for Grand Metropolitan UK Ltd and pursued early aspirations to play professional football and cricket,^[1] playing semi-professionally for Rochdale Football Club and as a fast bowler for Littleborough Cricket Club.^[2] He was appointed to the board of Sport England in April 2005 and acted as the interim chair from December 2007 following the resignation of Derek Mapp.^[3]^[4] He stepped down from the chair in March 2009 with the appointment of Richard Lewis but remained a member of the board.^[5]

NHS career

Prior to his appointment as Chief Executive of the NHS Confederation, Mike Farrar was a senior manager within the National Health Service (NHS) of the United Kingdom and previous Senior Civil Servant.

His roles have included; Chief Executive of West Yorkshire and South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authorities, Chief Executive of Tees Valley Health Authority and Head of Primary Care at the Department of Health (United Kingdom).^[6] During his time at the Department of Health, he was responsible for establishing Primary Care Groups, Primary Care Trusts and PMS. In addition he chaired the NHS Confederation GP Contract negotiating team that successfully negotiated the new General Medical Service contract and is the National Programme Director of NHS Live.

Farrar's first position with the NHS was as a gardener at Rochdale Infirmary between 1977 and 1979. In 1982 he joined Rochdale Health Authority as a health promotion officer and then went on to set up an alcohol and drug service for Yorkshire. Further positions included chief executive of Tees Health Authority, head of primary care at the Department of Health and chief executive at South Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority and West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority.^[2] On 1 July 2006, he became Chief Executive of NHS North West, the new strategic health authority for North West England, as part of the new centralised SHA structure.^[7]^[8] He left this post for the NHS Confederation in October 2011, as NHS North West became one of three SHAs to be merged to form the NHS North of England SHA Cluster from May 2006 to April 2011. From 2002 to 2009 he was the Chair of the Strategic Health Authority Chief Executives Group.^[9] In addition, he is a member of the National Migration Impact Forum, which is a Ministerial sounding Board for immigration policy (including the new points based migration system)

Mike Farrar at the NHS Confederation annual conference. Manchester 7 July 2011

Mike Farrar has now resigned from the NHS altogether, and started a consulting business, Mike Farrar Consulting Lmt. He now works closely with Alan Milburn. He has also taken the role of chair of Swim England, he is a trustee of the EFL Trust, Chair of Rugby League Players Welfare Forum and Chair of Hudds Town/Hudds Giants Community Sports Trust as well as former National Tsar for Sport and Health, carrying on his sport interests.^[10]

He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Physicians and of the University of Central Lancashire.

References

^ "NHS Networks Board". NHS Networks. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
^ ^a ^b "CBE for man who began as gardener". Rochdale Observer. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ Hubbard, Alan (3 April 2005). "Inside Lines: ITV snatch of the day bloodies BBC's nose". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "House of Commons Hansard; Vol. 487, Part 19, Col. 58W". Hansard. London: Parliament of the United Kingdom. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "Lewis named Sport England chief". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ Butler, Patrick (24 December 2001). "Old hands dominate list of new health authority chiefs". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "About the board". NHS North West. Retrieved 26 January 2008.
^ Crook, Amanda (30 June 2008). "NHS boss: Still plenty to do". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "The Audit Commission's Trust Practice Regional High Performing Board events; Speaker biographies". Audit Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2009.
^ "HealthPad | Profile". healthpad.net. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

External links

[1] "NHS Networks Board". NHS Networks. Archived from the original on 23 September 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2008.

[rochdaleobserver-2] "CBE for man who began as gardener". Rochdale Observer. 14 June 2005. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[3] Hubbard, Alan (3 April 2005). "Inside Lines: ITV snatch of the day bloodies BBC's nose". The Independent. Independent News and Media. Archived from the original on 30 July 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[4] "House of Commons Hansard; Vol. 487, Part 19, Col. 58W". Hansard. London: Parliament of the United Kingdom. 26 January 2009. Archived from the original on 5 June 2011. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[5] "Lewis named Sport England chief". BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 20 February 2009. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[6] Butler, Patrick (24 December 2001). "Old hands dominate list of new health authority chiefs". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[7] "About the board". NHS North West. Retrieved 26 January 2008.

[8] Crook, Amanda (30 June 2008). "NHS boss: Still plenty to do". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[9] "The Audit Commission's Trust Practice Regional High Performing Board events; Speaker biographies". Audit Commission. Retrieved 19 December 2009.

[10] "HealthPad | Profile". healthpad.net. Retrieved 8 April 2020.

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