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'''Sir James Mackey''',  Chief Executive of [[Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust]], was appointed to be Chief Executive of [[NHS Improvement]] in October 2015<ref>{{cite news|title=KPMG wins £1m contract to design NHS Improvement|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/home/updated-kpmg-wins-1m-contract-to-design-nhs-improvement/5091477.article|accessdate=14 November 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=27 October 2015}}</ref> as a two-year secondment. He confirmed that he intended to return to Northumbria.<ref>{{cite news|title=Mackey only in NHS Improvement job for two years|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/sectors/acute-care/mackey-only-in-nhs-improvement-job-for-two-years/7005189.article|accessdate=21 April 2017|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=31 May 2016}}</ref> He resumed his post as Chief Executive at Northumbria Healthcare Trust in November 2017.
Born in Hebburn, South Tyneside, in 1966.<ref>BM&D record</ref> He is a qualified accountant and joined the NHS in 1990.<ref>{{cite web|title=Chief Executive, NHS Improvement Jim Mackey|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jim-mackey|website=Gov.uk|accessdate=21 April 2017}}</ref>
He was reckoned by the [[Health Service Journal]] to be the seventh most influential person in the English NHS in 2015,<ref>{{cite news|title=HSJ100 2015|url=http://www.hsj.co.uk/7000366.article|accessdate=23 December 2015|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=23 November 2015}}</ref> and the third in 2016.<ref>{{cite news|title=HSJ100 2016: The list in full|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/newsletter/hsj-knowledge/top-leader-lists/hsj100/hsj100-2016-the-list-in-full/7011348.article|accessdate=27 October 2016|publisher=Health Service Journal|date=11 October 2016}}</ref>
He was [[Knight Bachelor|knighted]] in the [[2019 New Year Honours|2019 New Years Honours List]].
In 2021 he unsuccessfully applied to become [[Chief Executive of NHS England|NHS chief executive]] to succeed [[Simon Stevens]], losing out in the open competition - alongside [[Dido Harding]] and [[Mark Britnell]] - to [[Amanda Pritchard]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Discombe2021-07-28T11:41:00+01:00|first=Matt|title=Amanda Pritchard appointed as NHS England chief executive|url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/amanda-pritchard-appointed-as-nhs-england-chief-executive/7030602.article|access-date=2022-01-09|website=Health Service Journal|language=en}}</ref>
In 2022 he was acted to lead the Elective recovery work for NHS England and remains one of the most influential figures in the NHS, ranked fifth of the [[Health Service Journal]]'s most influential people in health.<ref>{{cite news |title=HSJ100: The most influential people in health |url=https://www.hsj.co.uk/hsj100/hsj100-the-most-influential-people-in-health/7032568.article |access-date=26 July 2022 |publisher=Health Service Journal |date=20 June 2022}}</ref>
In January 2024, Sir James took over as CEO of the Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust.
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