The<unk>  is the head of the National Health Service in<unk> , and is a senior medical management adviser to the Government of the United Kingdom. The<unk><unk>  directs the governing body of the<unk> , and is the highest-ranking member of the Health Service's board. There have been nine<unk>  since the post was established in 1985, following the report and recommendation of Roy Griffiths. # Victor Paige 1985–1986 (1.5 years, as chair) # Len Peach 1986–1989 (3 years) # Duncan Nichol 1989–1994 (5 years) # Alan Langlands 1994–2000 (6 years) # Nigel Crisp 1 November 2000 – 6 March 2006. (5.5 years) # Ian Carruthers 7 March 2006 – September 2006 (interim for 6 months) # David Nicholson September 2006 – 31 March 2014 (6.5 years at the Department of Health and 1 year at<unk><unk>  # Simon Stevens 1 April 2014 – 31 July 2021 (7.3 years) # Amanda Pritchard 1 August 2021 – present From 1985 until 2013 the<unk> <unk>  and its predecessor bodies formed part of<unk> 's Department of Health and Social Care. Since April 2013<unk><unk>  has been an independent statutory body. It has been argued that<unk><unk> 's independence gives the<unk><unk>  'the potential to be a prominent national figure able to speak on behalf of the<unk> '. Its clinicians, managers and health experts are employed as public officials not as civil servants.
Chief Executive of NHS England
Local medical committee
Organ procurement organization
Independent safety officer
State Surgeon of Ireland
Ethics committee
Volunteers in Medicine
Assistant doctor 