Emily Miles has been appointed Chief Executive of the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Currently Director General for Food, Farming, and Biosecurity at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Emily will take up the role in the autumn from interim Chief Executive Dr Arun Chopra. Arun will be returning to his substantive role of Chief Inspector of Mental Health.
Emily brings significant experience of regulation, including as CEO of the Food Standards Agency, overseeing food safety and protecting the consumer interest in the food system across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Kay Boycott, Interim Chair of the CQC, who led the robust recruitment process says: “I am pleased that Emily will be bringing her leadership and regulatory insight at such an important time for CQC. Her experience leading organisations through challenging times, driving a high-performance culture, delivering large-scale change programmes, and rebuilding stakeholder trust will be invaluable as we continue to turnaround CQC to do better for people who use, lead and work in health and care services.
“Emily’s experience of regulatory innovation will also be helpful as CQC adapts to the significant changes in the health and social care sector and uses our unique position in the regulatory landscape to help support improvement.”
Emily Miles says: “My career has been built on public service and rooted in a deep commitment to putting people's needs first. I’m immensely proud that I will have such a crucial role in delivering CQC’s vision that everyone gets safe, effective, compassionate care.
“I will do all I can to make sure that the independent regulator of health and social care protects people and supports services to improve – as well as encouraging services to work better together so people stay well and get high-quality care when they need it.”
This appointment follows the announcement by the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, James Murray, that Rabbi Baroness Julia Neuberger DBE is the preferred candidate for next CQC Chair.
