In a valedictory interview, Sir David Nicholson was quite frank about the state of the health service that he has run for the last eight years. ‘In its current form,’ he declared, ‘the NHS is unsustainable.’
It is hard to imagine Simon Stevens, who takes over as NHS England chief executive this week, having to say that when he leaves.
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John McTernan was Tony Blair’s political secretary from 2005 to 2007, and Julia Gillard’s director of communications from 2011 to 2013.
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