Mike PrenticeRegulator

Biography

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

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

Expertise

Cited on

• Hospital discharge / bed-blocking

Stated areas of expertise

• Emergency preparedness, resilience and response (EPRR)
• NHS major incident management
• Health system resilience
• Industrial action response planning
• NHS workforce training for complex incidents
• Covid-19 pandemic response

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 they’ve said

• “We expect the operational impacts of this round of industrial action to be more severe due to the combination of winter pressures and proximity to Christmas.”

  NHS England's national director for emergency planning · Hospital discharge / bed-blocking · 27 Aug 2026 · Officials fear NHS will be hit hard after resident doctors reject latest offer ↗

• “"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 ↗

Source references

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

Contact & links

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

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