Sarah Healey

Sarah Elizabeth Healey CB CVO (née Fitzpatrick; born 1975) is a British civil servant, appointed as Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in February 2023.

[1] Healey read Modern History and English at Magdalen College, Oxford graduating BA, before pursuing further studies in Social Policy at the London School of Economics (MSc).

After two years at DExEU, she moved to replace Shona Dunn as the head of the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat.

[2] In March 2019, it was announced that Healey had been further promoted, returning to DCMS to be the Permanent Secretary, replacing Dame Sue Owen.

[1] Healey was appointed Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for public service.