Dr Chris StreatherRegulator

Regional Medical Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer (CCIO), NHS England London Region

NHS England (London Region) is based in Vauxhall and Camberwell Green (London)

Cited in UK press coverage of health & social care

2 citations

Across 1 topic, first on 27 Aug 2026.

Biography

Dr Chris Streather has served as Regional Medical Director and Chief Clinical Information Officer for NHS England's London region since May 2022. He previously held senior roles including Chief Medical Officer of the Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust group from 2018, Chief Executive of the Royal Free Hospital in 2017, Chief Medical Officer of HCA International, and Managing Director of the Health Innovation Network, where he led on patient safety nationally. He began his career as a renal physician in Brighton, London and Cambridge, was appointed a consultant at St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in 1997, and became its Medical Director in 2004. He is known for his interest in population health, reducing health inequalities, and reducing unwarranted variation in clinical care, and has publicly championed transparency in NHS waiting-list data to address inequalities across London.

References

1.Chris Streather – Regional Medical Director & CCIO | London Clinical Senate — Current role title, organisation, appointment date (May 2022), career history, professional interests, LinkedIn link
2.London Health Board | London City Hall — Role at NHSE London, career history including Royal Free, HCA International, Health Innovation Network, South London Healthcare, London Health Board membership
3.Chris Streather | Corporate Learning at HMS (Harvard Medical School) — Career background as renal physician, St George's medical director, stroke redesign, Kingston Hospital NED, professional interests
4.New NHS waiting list analysis to tackle London's health inequalities | NHS England London — Quoted as Chief Medical Director for NHS in London; public stance on health inequalities and waiting-list transparency (July 2025)
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Expertise

Cited on

Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

Population health and health inequalities
NHS digital transformation (CCIO)
Patient safety
Clinical service redesign (stroke)
Elective care and waiting-list management
London health system leadership

Notable achievements

Led London's NHS waiting-list inequality analysis, publishing data broken down by age, sex, ethnicity and deprivation to address unwarranted variation in patient care (July 2025). Source ↗
Served as London Clinical Director in 2008 during the comprehensive redesign of the capital's stroke services. Source ↗
Was the first CEO of South London Healthcare NHS Trust (2009–2012). Source ↗
Appointed Regional Medical Director and CCIO for NHS England London in May 2022, also serving as a member of the London Health Board. Source ↗

What they’ve said

“It's eroding the goodwill towards resident doctors that comes from other staff – from consultant staff, from nursing staff and other clinical staff – but also from the public. And in the long term it's not going to help the high regard with which the profession's held by the public. So it's highly irresponsible.”
Regional medical director at NHS England · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political career ↗
“The NHS is coping at the moment. The flu rates are still going up. It's well within the boundaries of what we can cope with. One of the things we learned during the pandemic was our preparation for coping with large outbreaks of respiratory viruses got better.”
regional medical director at NHS England · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streeting ↗

Source references

BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political careertheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streetingtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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