Mike Prentice

Who Mike Prentice is

Dr Mike Prentice is National Director for NHS Resilience at NHS England, with responsibility for emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR) across the health system in England. He trained as a GP in the North East and was a partner in a large practice in Gateshead for 15 years before moving into full-time medical management, holding NHS board-level positions since 1999. He previously served as NHS England's national strategic incident director for Covid-19, before taking on the national emergency planning and incident response portfolio. He submitted multiple witness statements to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on behalf of NHS England. He has been publicly associated with arguments for investing in specialist training and exercising to ensure ambulance services and other responders can handle complex major incidents, including terrorist attacks and mass-casualty events.

References for this biography

1. 1.Who's who at NHS England – Structure Chart, September 2023 — Confirms Dr Mike Prentice as National Director for Emergency Planning and Incident Response at NHS England
2. 2.NHS England EPRR Annual Report and Assurance Update (2025/26) — Confirms current title as National Director for NHS Resilience and his role providing additional EPRR leadership
3. 3.NHS England Annual EPRR Assurance Report (2023/24) — Names Dr Mike Prentice as National Director for NHS Resilience providing additional EPRR oversight
4. 4.NHSE director for emergency planning to step down in March – Healthcare Leader News — Establishes that Mike Prentice was NHS England's national strategic incident director for Covid-19 and was confirmed to lead on emergency preparedness
5. 5.New £5.9m training hub equips ambulance teams for disasters across England – Emergency Services Times — Press quote from Dr Mike Prentice as National Director for NHS Resilience at NHS England on the NHSR ECU training facility investment
6. 6.Second Witness Statement of Dr Michael Charles Prentice, NHS England – UK Covid-19 Inquiry (September 2024) — Confirms Dr Michael Charles Prentice provided evidence to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on behalf of NHS England
7. 7.Dr Mike Prentice – NHS England author page — Background on GP training in the North East, partnership in Gateshead, and move into NHS medical management
8. 8.NHS England contact details – Wellington House head office — Confirms NHS England head office address as Wellington House, 133-155 Waterloo Road, London SE1 8UG

Notable achievements

• Appointed as NHS England's national strategic incident director for Covid-19, then took on the national emergency planning and incident response role as announced by NHSE. Source ↗
• Submitted witness statements to the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on behalf of NHS England (April 2023, May 2023, and September 2024). Source ↗
• Provided additional national oversight of NHS EPRR activity during 2023/24 and 2025/26 as National Director for NHS Resilience, supporting the Accountable Emergency Officer. Source ↗
• Publicly represented NHS England at the launch of the £5.9m NHS Resilience Emergency Capabilities Unit training hub for ambulance services (October 2025). Source ↗

What Mike Prentice has said

• “"This will represent a significant strain on staffing resources to provide safe cover," he said.”

  NHS England's national director for emergency planning and incident response · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike fail ↗

Where Mike Prentice has been quoted

1. Officials fear NHS will be hit hard after resident doctors reject latest offertheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026
2. Streeting hits out at BMA ‘delusion’ as talks to avert resident doctors’ strike failtheguardian.com · 27 Aug 2026

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Contact & links

• Staff pagehttps://www.england.nhs.uk/author/dr-mike-prentice/
• LinkedInhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeprentice/

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