Sir Jim Mackey is moving on from Northumbria Healthcare FT after 18 years and taking the top job at Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals FT. This week we discuss what this means for the NHS in the North East and also for NHSE, where he will be leaving his chief operating office role. 

And in other people moves, we also cover David Loughton’s retirement from Royal Wolverhampton Trust and Walsall Healthcare.