Mike Farrar

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Mike Farrar CBE is a senior manager within the National Health Service (NHS) and Senior Civil Servant.

His roles have included; Chief Executive of West Yorkshire Strategic Health Auhtority and Chief Executive of Tees Valley Health Authority and Head of Primary Care at the Department of Health (United Kingdom). During his time at the Department of Health, he was responsible for establishing Primary Care Groups, Primary Care Trusts and PMS. In addition he chaired the NHS Confederation GP Contract negotiating team that successfully negotiated the new General Medical Service contract and currently chairs the Strategic Health Authority Chief Executives' Group and is the National Programme Director of NHS Live.

In 1 July 2006 he became Chief Executive of the NHS for North West England, the new strategic health authority for the region, as part of the new centralised SHA structure.[1]

Prior to working in the NHS, he worked for Grand Metropolitan UK Ltd and pursued early aspirations to play professional football and cricket.[2] He is also a member of the Board of Sport England.[3]

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  1. ^ About the board. NHS North West. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  2. ^ NHS Networks Board. NHS Networks. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
  3. ^ Who's who in Sport England. Sport England. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.