[6][7] Shortly after, media stated that Kruk may have been concerned at excessive union influence and at the prominence of the NSW Finance Minister Joe Tripodi in mini-budget discussions.
[12] Following successful cancer treatment, Kruk returned to work in 2011 and was appointed the inaugural CEO and Commissioner of the National Mental Health Commission.
[15] In 2015, she was appointed chair of the eHealth Implementation Steering Committee, to oversee delivery of an Australia-wide electronic medical record system.
[16][17] Kruk is a Chair Emerita of the US-based Milbank Memorial Fund, a philanthropic health research organisation, and has been a judge of the Dubai government’s annual public sector excellence awards since 2013.
[13] She was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia in the 2018 Queen's Birthday Honours for "distinguished service to public administration, particularly through mental health reform, to environmental protection and natural resource management, and to food standards".