Adviser appointed to help write government's 10 Year Health Plan

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By Sarah Lowden

A former Lord Darzi adviser has been appointed by the government to help “fix the broken NHS”, the Department of Health and Social Care has announced.

Tom Kibasi has accepted a direct ministerial appointment working closely with the health secretary, Wes Streeting, to help draft the government’s 10 Year Health Plan.

The DHSC said Kibasi has more than 2 decades of healthcare sector experience.

He is joint chair of three mental health and community NHS trusts and his work includes ensuring that trusts share best practice and a common framework for quality of care, access to services, finance and productivity.

He worked at the Department of Health as a senior policy adviser to Lord Darzi for his landmark 2008 review of the NHS High Quality Care for All, and also led the drafting and analysis for Lord Darzi’s independent investigation into the state of the NHS, which reported in September 2024.