The Health Secretary has insisted he did not ask NHS boss Amanda Pritchard to leave her job. Wes Streeting said he has “so much respect and time” for Ms Pritchard, who announced on Tuesday that she will leave her role as NHS chief executive at the end of March.
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00:00No, I have so much respect and time for Amanda Pritchard. I have enormous respect for the
00:07service she's given over more than half a decade now to our National Health Service,
00:11to the wise counsel and personal support she's given me during my early months as the Health
00:15and Social Care Secretary. But as we lead the NHS into a new era, I can well understand
00:21the support why she's chosen this moment to step back to make way for new leadership.
00:26And that's the leadership that Jim Mackey will help us transition to as we lead the
00:31NHS into what will be a new era, because we're not just getting the NHS back on its feet
00:36and recovering from the worst crisis in its history, we've also got to make sure it's
00:40fit for the future. And I can well understand why, having done the job, one of the toughest
00:44jobs in public service now for more than half a decade, Amanda Pritchard is looking to new
00:48challenges.