
New director for NHS England
pharmafile | September 30, 2014 | Appointment | Manufacturing and Production, Medical Communications, Research and Development, Sales and Marketing |Â Â NHS England, richard jeavonsÂ
Richard Jeavons will be joining NHS England as its new director of specialised commissioning.
Jeavons will report to Dame Barbara Hakin and take forward the work of a specialised commissioning task force that was set up earlier this year by NHS England.
Jeavons takes with him to the organisation a range of experience in the health sector. He started his career as a health economist in the NHS and then at the Health Economics Consortium at the University of York.
He has been the chief executive at Sheffield Children’s Hospital Trust, Lincolnshire Health Authority, Sheffield Health Authority and West Yorkshire Strategic Health Authority. Jeavons then went on to join the Department of Health (DH) before being appointed as chief executive of the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP), which advises the Secretary of State for Health about disputed NHS service changes.
Jeavons has since 2009 combined his role at the IRP with being senior partner at NHS IMAS. While leading NHS IMAS he worked on service and performance improvement at a variety of organisations including DH, NHS England and Foundation Trusts.
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