Sir Hugh Taylor | |
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| Chair ofGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust | |
| Assumed office 2011 | |
| Preceded by | Patricia Moberly |
| Permanent Secretary at theDepartment of Health | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| Secretary of State | Patricia Hewitt Alan Johnson Andy Burnham |
| Preceded by | Sir Nigel Crisp |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1950-03-22)22 March 1950 (age 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Sir Hugh Henderson Taylor,KCB (born 22 March 1950) is a British formerPermanent Secretary at theDepartment of Health and former Chair ofGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust andKing's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Taylor was born on 22 March 1950.[1] He was educated atBrentwood School andEmmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]
Taylor began his Civil Service career at theHome Office in 1972 before joining the Department of Health in 1998, where he was Permanent Secretary between 2006 and 2010.[1] He retired from that position on 31 July 2010,[2] to become Chair ofGuy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in February 2011.[3][4] He was also enlisted as the interim chair ofChristie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in March 2014 after LordKeith Bradley resigned,[5] and the law had to be changed to permit him to be anon-executive director of twoNHS Trusts at the same time. He is also a trustee of theNuffield Trust. In 2015 Taylor became independent Chair of the Accelerated Access Review for bringing innovative medical technologies to NHS patients.[citation needed]
Taylor was Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health at the time of theStafford Hospital scandal. Taylor gave evidence to the Francis Inquiry which reviewed these deaths.[6] The Francis Report cited one of the root causes of the failings at Mid Staffs as political and hence civil service pressure for Trusts to achieve the financial performance required to achieve Foundation Trust status, which led some trusts to cut nursing staff and other costs, and generally putting the achievement of arbitrary political financial targets ahead of patient safety and clinical quality.
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| Preceded by | Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health 2006–2010 | Succeeded by |