Mark Cubbon is a British healthcare official. He was appointed Chief Executive of

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in November 2022. He was previously

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's chief delivery officer and before that chief executive of

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and had senior roles at various NHS providers in London. He trained at the

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and started his career as a nurse. He led the development of proposals for and establishing

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s. His role at NHS England was on a secondment basis for two years. He was earlier shortlisted for the chief executive position at

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. In October 2021 he told English hospitals to “immediately stop all delays” for ambulances stacking outside

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units after an

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said the problem had reached “catastrophic” levels. He apologised to

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representatives in July 2022 about their experiences in setting up

s. In 2020 he wrote a letter to the courts to explain the impact of violence on staff after a nurse was attacked on

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. He also asked

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residents to follow tier four rules. In his first year in Portsmouth he saw the emergency department's four-hour target hit its highest percentage for more than a year, the trust's finances stabilise and staff morale improve.

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