James Kent (consultant)

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Dr James Kent was appointed special adviser on health to Theresa May in January 2017. He was formerly a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and before that he trained in medicine in Nottingham and worked as a junior doctor in the NHS.[1]

He was appointed Chief Executive of the Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West integrated care board in July 2022,[2] but left in September 2022 on secondment to NHS England where he will be an adviser to Chris Hopson, NHSE chief strategy officer. He was paid in the range £175-190,000.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Prime minister hires new health adviser". Health Service Journal. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  2. ^ "Former PM's health adviser set to help oversee £2 billion health budget". Oxford Mail. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  3. ^ "CEO quits under-pressure ICS". Health Service Journal. 26 September 2022. Retrieved 29 September 2022.