Sir James Mackey - chief exec at the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust - has been listed as the sixth most influential person in the country when it comes to health.
Sir James is also the NHS England elective recovery director. He is one of the highest-profile North East figure on the prestigious HSJ100 list, collated by the Health Service Journal and judged by a range of senior figures within the health and care sector, and by placing sixth he is ahead of figures including shadow health secretary Wes Streeting and just behind Jeremy Hunt.
Unsurprisingly, the list is topped by Sajid Javid, with NHS England's Amanda Pritchard - who went to school in Durham - second. NHS England's regional director for the North East and Yorkshire Richard Barker is 19th.
