Jim Mackey (healthcare administrator)

Sir
James Mackey
Chief Executive of NHS England
Assumed office
1 April 2025
Preceded byAmanda Pritchard
Chief Executive of Newcastle Hospitals
In office
1 January 2024  1 April 2025
Preceded byJackie Daniel
Succeeded byRob Harrison
Personal details
Born
James Mackey

October 1966 (age 58)
Hebburn, South Tyneside, England
AwardsKnight Bachelor
NicknameJim

Sir James Mackey (born October 1966) is an executive in the UK NHS. He was chief executive of Newcastle Hospitals. He was formerly the chief executive of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, was appointed to be chief executive of NHS Improvement in October 2015 as a two-year secondment. He confirmed that he intended to return to Northumbria. He resumed his post as Chief Executive at Northumbria Healthcare Trust in November 2017.