Glen BurleyRegulator

Biography

Sir Glen Burley is Financial Reset and Accountability Director on the NHS England Transformation Executive Team, a newly created post he took up from April 2025, while concurrently serving as Chief Executive of the Foundation Group of NHS trusts. In his NHS England role he leads the team responsible for implementing the new NHS Operating Model — including Model ICB, Region and new provider delivery models referenced in the 10 Year Health Plan — and works closely with the National Chief Financial Officer to deliver the financial architecture reset. The Foundation Group, which he leads, is a Midlands-based collaborative comprising South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Wye Valley NHS Trust, created to support the trusts as lead providers of integrated care in their localities. Burley began his NHS career in 1983 as a finance trainee, qualifying as a Chartered Public Finance Accountant in 1990, and has held chief executive positions at South Warwickshire since 2006, progressively expanding the Foundation Group from 2016 onwards. Between 2015 and 2017 he was National Senior Responsible Officer for the Emergency Care Improvement Programme. In June 2026 he was awarded a Knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours for services to the NHS.

References

1. 1.NHS England names new executive team to lead transition — Confirms appointment as Financial Reset and Accountability Director from April 2025 on the NHS England Transformation Executive Team, while continuing as Foundation Group chief executive
2. 2.Glen Burley | NHS Confederation — Describes his NHS England role, his responsibilities for the new NHS Operating Model and financial architecture reset, and his concurrent role as Foundation Group chief executive across four Midlands trusts
3. 3.Glen Burley – Foundation Group Chief Executive, Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust — Full career biography: NHS finance trainee 1983, CPFA 1990, Director of Finance, Director of Operations, COO/DCE at Worcestershire, CEO South Warwickshire from 2006, National SRO Emergency Care Improvement Programme 2015–17, Foundation Group creation from 2016
4. 4.London Gazette – King's Birthday Honours 2026 (Supplement, 12 June 2026) — Confirms Knighthood awarded to Professor Glen Warren Burley, Chief Executive The Foundation Group and Deputy Chief Executive NHS England, for services to the NHS

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• NHS financial reset and accountability
• NHS operating model reform
• Provider group leadership
• Integrated care system oversight
• Emergency care improvement
• NHS productivity and efficiency

Notable achievements

• Appointed Financial Reset and Accountability Director on the NHS England Transformation Executive Team from April 2025, a newly created post tasked with delivering the NHS financial architecture reset and implementing the new NHS Operating Model. Source ↗
• Built the Foundation Group from two trusts (2017) to four — South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust, George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust, Wye Valley NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust — serving as chief executive of all four concurrently. Source ↗
• Served as National Senior Responsible Officer for the Emergency Care Improvement Programme, 2015–2017, alongside his trust chief executive role. Source ↗
• Authored the NHS England Oversight Framework 2025/26, published 26 June 2025, establishing a consistent and transparent approach to assessing ICBs, NHS trusts and foundation trusts. Source ↗
• Awarded a Knighthood in the King's Birthday Honours List, June 2026, for services to the NHS, listed in the London Gazette as Professor Glen Warren Burley.

What they’ve said

• “given the confusion around the job losses and slow progress so far, "we will have to be flexible" on the edict to ICBs to halve their running costs by the end of 2025.”

  NHS England's Financial Reset Director · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Labour’s NHS job cuts plan in chaos amid row over £1bn costs ↗

• “this is a point where we know we'll be at a busy stage again. So it feels like it's trying to push maximum harm and we will try and make sure that doesn't happen.”

  NHS England's financial reset and accountability director · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · NHS bosses say resident doctors’ strike will cause ‘maximum harm’ ↗

Source references

1. Labour’s NHS job cuts plan in chaos amid row over £1bn coststheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. NHS bosses say resident doctors’ strike will cause ‘maximum harm’theguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/our-trust/our-board/glen-burley/
• Staff pagehttps://www.swft.nhs.uk/about-us/organisational-structure/board-directors/board-directors-whos-who
• Staff pagehttps://www.nhsconfed.org/people/glen-burley
• Press office emailnhsengland.media@nhs.netpublished here ↗
• Press office phone0113 825 0958published here ↗

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