Board director ‘talent pipeline’ needs ‘refreshing’, claims NHS England

NHS England is launching a recruitment campaign to attract trust and integrated care board non-executive directors (NEDs) in the face of an increasing number of retirements and resignations.

A tender notice published by NHS England says the service has “experienced difficulty in recruiting NEDs” and therefore needs to “refresh” its “talent pipeline”.

It adds this is particularly important as “a large number of NEDs are coming to the end of their terms of office”, while others are “stepping down” for other reasons.

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Source: Health Service Journal, 15 August 2025