Dr Chris Streather

Who Dr Chris Streather is

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 for this biography

1. 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. 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. 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. 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)
5. 5.NHS England – How to get in touch — Confirms NHS England head office address: Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG
6. 6.Chris Streather | Harvard Medical School Professional, Corporate, and Continuing Education — Additional corroboration of career history, current role, and professional focus areas

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 Dr Chris Streather has said

• “This summer has tested London's NHS services, with record demand sustained from May right through to August. Today's figures show 408,223 people attended A&E in August alone, and our teams handled more than 5,700 additional ambulance incidents compared with April, on top of months of relentless pressure.”

  Regional Medical Director for the NHS in London · A&E & ambulance response · 29 Sept 2026 · London’s NHS meets record summer demand, now turns focus to winter resilience ↗

• “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 ↗

Where Dr Chris Streather has been quoted

1. NHS London aiming to provide 1million extra GP appointmentsinsidecroydon.com · 30 Sept 2026
2. London’s NHS meets record summer demand, now turns focus to winter resiliencelondon-tv.co.uk · 29 Sept 2026
3. BMA chair denies using junior doctors’ strikes to progress political careertheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
4. Strikes could collapse flu-hit NHS amid worst crisis since Covid, says Streetingtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Related media coverage

Recent UK press coverage of their topics — not necessarily citing them directly.

• Patients claim they were left in ‘agony’ and ‘begging’ for medication at NGHNorthampton Chronicle and Echo
• Jogger crushed under coach thanks paramedics who saved his lifeBBC
• Ambulance response times for critical cases falling short, says Dr DzulThe Star

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://londonsenate.nhs.uk/senate-council/senate-council-members/chris-streather/
• LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-streather-73927a1a/published here ↗
• Websitehttps://www.england.nhs.uk/london/contact-us/

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