NHS England said that, having discussed everything with Health Secretary Wes Streeting in recent months – and now that the NHS has “turned a corner on recovery from the pandemic and the foundations are in place to make the necessary changes to the centre to best support the wider NHS” – Ms Pritchard had “decided now is the right time to stand down”.
Mr Streeting said: "Amanda can be enormously proud of the leadership she has given in the face of the biggest health emergency for our country in modern history, as well as steering NHS England during turbulent political waters and six secretaries of state in her time as chief executive.
Ms Pritchard – who has come in for criticism from MPs in recent weeks – said it had been “an enormous privilege to lead the NHS in England through what has undoubtedly been the most difficult period in its history”.
Ms Pritchard said it had been ‘an enormous privilege to lead the NHS in England through what has undoubtedly been the most difficult period in its history’.
NHS England chief executive Amanda Pritchard has stepped down from her role.
