Director, Ministers, Accountability and Strategy
Paul Macnaught
Biography
Paul Macnaught is the Director for Ministers, Accountability and Strategy at the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC). He was appointed in May 2024.
Paul joined the department in October 1996 and previous roles include:
- Director, Urgent and Emergency Care
- Director, Vaccination Policy
- Director, EU/International and Brexit
- Director, Health Science and Bioethics
Director, Ministers, Accountability and Strategy
Part of DHSC’s senior leadership team, the Director for Ministers, Accountability and Strategy is responsible for:
- ministerial and permanent secretary private offices
- Parliamentary business
- governance, including services such as correspondence and Freedom of Information
- oversight of arm’s length bodies
- performance and risk
- honours and appointments
- strategy, strategic finance and implementation