Hugh Taylor (civil servant)


Sir Hugh Henderson Taylor, is a British former Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health and current Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust.

Early life and education

Taylor was born on 22 March 1950. He was educated at Brentwood School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

Career

Taylor began his Civil Service career at the Home Office in 1972 before joining the Department of Health in 1998, where he was Permanent Secretary between 2006 and 2010. He retired from that position on 31 July 2010, to become Chair of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in February 2011. He was also enlisted as the interim chair of Christie Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in March 2014 after Lord Keith Bradley resigned, and the law had to be changed to permit him to be a non-executive director of two NHS Trusts at the same time. He is also a trustee of the Nuffield Trust. In 2015 Sir Hugh took up post as independent Chair of the Accelerated Access Review for bringing innovative medical technologies to NHS patients.