Permanent Secretary
Sir Chris Wormald KCB
Biography
Chris Wormald was appointed Permanent Secretary at the Department of Health in May 2016.
His previous posts include:
- Permanent Secretary for the Department for Education
- Director General in the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office, Cabinet Office
- Head of the Economic and Domestic Secretariat, Cabinet Office
- Director General, Public Service Reform, Cabinet Office
- Director General for Local Government and Regeneration at the Department for Communities and Local Government
- Principal Private Secretary to Estelle Morris and Charles Clarke
Permanent Secretary
The Permanent Secretary leads the day-to-day running of the department and heads the department’s senior team.
Along with other members of the departmental board, the Permanent Secretary is responsible for:
- advising ministers on strategy and objectives for the health and social care system
- setting standards within the department
- making arrangements for governance, assurance and risk management
- overseeing the department’s performance and assuring the performance of sponsored organisations
- approving the department’s business plan, resource accounts, departmental report and major spending