Sir Stephen Huw Powis is a renal medicine consultant and has been the National Medical Director of NHS England since 2018. Previously he was the chief medical officer at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.[1] He is also a professor at University College London.[2]
Stephen Powis | |
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| Medical Director of NHS England | |
| Assumed office 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Amanda Pritchard |
| National Medical Director for NHS England | |
| Assumed office 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Sir Bruce Keogh |
| Personal details | |
| Alma mater | |
Family and education
editHis father was a chaplain at the Christie Hospital, Manchester.[3]
Powis studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and St John's College, Oxford between 1979 and 1985.[4][5][6] He obtained a PhD while working at the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. He also holds an MBA from Warwick University.[7]
Professional career
editPowis joined the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust in 1997 as a consultant, becoming the trust's medical director in 2006 and chief clinical information officer in 2016. He left the Royal Free at the end of 2017 to become medical director of NHS England, a post he took up at the beginning of 2018. During this time, Powis was involved in a partnership for the Royal Free to share information with Google Deepmind.[8] His main clinical interest is renal transplantation.[9]
He is a past non-executive director of North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust (including a period of eight months as acting chairman), chair of the Association of UK Hospitals medical directors' group, and chairman of the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board speciality advisory committee for renal medicine.[1] He sat on the board of Medical Education England.[1]
He edited Nephron Clinical Practice from 2003 to 2008 and was inaugural editor-in-chief of the BMJ Leader from 2017.[2]
Powis sponsored the National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow scheme, established in 2011 and run by the Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. The scheme provides doctors in training with a unique opportunity to spend 12 months in national healthcare-affiliated organisations outside of clinical practice to develop their skills in leadership, management, strategy, project management and health policy.[10]
During the COVID-19 pandemic, which began in the spring of 2020, he frequently spoke as part of the government's team for daily briefings.[11] He was a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE) and advised senior ministers within HM Government throughout the pandemic.[12]
In 2021 he was appointed as interim chief executive officer of NHS Improvement.[13][14]
He was created a Knight Bachelor, for services to the NHS, particularly during Covid-19, in the Queen's 2022 Birthday Honours.[15]
References
edit- ^ a b c "UCL professor named NHS medical director". University College London. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Professor Stephen H Powis". NHS England. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
- ^ @NHSEnglandNMD (16 November 2019). "My father used to be a chaplain @TheChristieNHS..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Alumnus Professor Stephen Powis is named new NHS medical director". St John's College, Oxford. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "New Year Alumni and Honorary Graduates Honours 2022". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Stephen Huw Powis". General Medical Council. Retrieved 7 January 2024.
- ^ "Editor appointed to FMLM's new official journal BMJ Leader". Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Google DeepMind and Royal Free in five-year deal". Digital Health. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "RFL group chief medical officer takes national role". The Royal Free. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 12 October 2020.
- ^ "National Medical Director's Clinical Fellow Scheme | Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management". www.fmlm.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Cameron, Annette (21 March 2020). "Coronavirus: People urged to think of NHS workers and not panic buy". Evening Express. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
- ^ "Professor Sir Stephen Powis". St John's College. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ West, Dave. "NHSE names interim chief operating officer". Health Service Journal. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "NHS Improvement Board members". www.england.nhs.uk. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
- ^ "No. 63714". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 June 2022. p. B2.
