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The NHS will get its first ever female boss, with departing chief executive Sir Simon Stevens' deputy winning the top role.
Amanda Pritchard — currently the health service's chief operating officer — will take over the reins next week.
Ms Pritchard, whose father is a bishop, has spent her entire 25-year career in the NHS since graduating from Oxford University.
In securing the top role, she beat off competition from the former head of No10's Test and Trace scheme Dido Harding, as well as KPMG partner Mark Britnell.
Former Amazon UK boss Douglas Gurr and Leeds City Council chief executive Tim Riordan were also in the running.
Sir Simon is stepping down after seven years at the helm, and will become a peer in the House of Lords.
Amanda Pritchard, left, will be the first women to head the NHS since it was created in 1948. Sir Simon Stevens, right, is stepping down after seven years in the top role to join the House of Lords
