UCL professor named NHS medical director

Professor Stephen Powis (UCL Division of Medicine) has been named medical director of NHS England. He is succeeding a fellow UCL academic, Sir Bruce Keogh, who was previously Professor of Cardiac Surgery at UCL and is stepping down from his post at the end of 2017. The current chair of NHS England is former UCL Provost, Professor Sir Malcolm Grant. Professor Powis is stepping down from his role as chief medical officer at the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. He is currently professor of renal medicine at UCL and has been medical director at the Royal Free for almost 12 years. He will take up his new role at NHS England at the start of next year. Simon Stevens, chief executive of NHS England, said: "We are delighted to appoint Steve Powis as the new medical director for NHS England.
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