Simon Stevens tops the 2017 list of the most influential people in health.
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Role | Organisation | 2017 refresh | Change from summer refresh | |||
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1 |
Simon |
Stevens |
Chief Executive |
NHS England |
1 |
0 |
2 |
Jeremy |
Hunt |
Secretary Of State For Health |
Department of Health |
2 |
0 |
3 |
David |
Behan |
Chief Executive |
Care Quality Commission |
3 |
0 |
4 |
Matthew |
Swindells |
National Director, Operations And Information |
NHS England |
4 |
0 |
5 |
Paul |
Baumann |
Chief Financial Officer |
NHS England |
5 |
0 |
6 |
Jeremy |
Heywood |
Cabinet Secretary |
|
13 |
7 |
7 |
Ted |
Baker |
Chief Inspector Of Hospitals |
CQC |
12 |
5 |
8 |
Ian |
Dalton |
Chief Executive |
NHS Improvement |
|
NE |
9 |
Pauline |
Philip |
National Urgent And Emergency Care Director |
NHS England |
21 |
12 |
10 |
Tim |
Briggs |
National Director For Clinical Quality And Efficiency |
Department of Health |
11 |
1 |
11 |
Sarah |
Wollaston |
Chair Of The Health Select Committee |
|
14 |
3 |
12 |
Chaand |
Nagpaul |
Chair |
British Medical Association |
10 |
-2 |
13 |
David |
Williams |
Director General Of Finance And Group Operations |
Department of Health |
7 |
-6 |
14 |
Catherine |
Frances |
Director Of Public Services |
HM Treasury |
17 |
3 |
15 |
Andrea |
Sutcliffe |
Chief Inspector Of Social Care |
CQC |
29 |
14 |
16 |
Jon |
Rouse |
Chief Officer |
Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership |
39 |
23 |
17 |
Sally |
Davies |
Chief Medical Officer |
England |
15 |
-2 |
18 |
Claire |
Murdoch |
National Mental Health Director |
NHS England |
30 |
12 |
19 |
Jonathan |
Ashworth |
Shadow Health Secretary |
|
18 |
-1 |
20 |
Kathy |
McLean |
Executive Medical Director |
NHS Improvement |
31 |
11 |
21 |
Keith |
Willett |
Director For Acute Care |
NHS England |
65 |
44 |
22 |
Chris |
Hopson |
Chief Executive |
NHS Providers |
27 |
5 |
23 |
Paul |
Farmer |
Chief Executive, Mind & Chair |
NHS England mental health taskforce |
42 |
19 |
24 |
Jim |
Mackey |
Chief Executive |
Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust |
20 |
-4 |
25 |
Jeremy |
Marlow |
Director Of Operational Productivity |
NHS Improvement |
26 |
1 |
26 |
James |
Kent |
Special Adviser On Health to Theresa May |
|
76 |
50 |
27 |
Elizabeth |
O’Mahony |
Finance Director |
NHS Improvement |
88 |
61 |
28 |
David |
Dalton |
Chief Executive |
Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute Trust |
38 |
10 |
29 |
Helen |
Stokes-Lampard |
Chair |
Royal College of General Practitioners |
52 |
23 |
30 |
Amanda |
Doyle |
Co-Chair/Chief Clinical Officer |
NHS Clinical Commissioners/ Blackpool CCG |
41 |
11 |
31 |
Steve |
Field |
Chief Inspector Of General Practice |
CQC |
24 |
-7 |
32 |
Janet |
Davies |
Chief Executive And General Secretary |
Royal College Of Nursing |
19 |
-13 |
33 |
Stephen |
Hay |
Executive Director Of Regulation/Deputy Chief Executive |
NHS Improvement |
22 |
-11 |
34 |
Ruth |
May |
Executive Director Of Nursing |
NHS Improvement |
32 |
-2 |
35 |
Sara |
Gorton |
Head Of Health |
UNISON |
71 |
36 |
36 |
John |
Bell |
Government Life Science Champion |
|
|
NE |
37 |
Ian |
Dodge |
National Director Commissioning Strategy |
NHS England |
33 |
-4 |
38 |
Julie |
Moore |
Chief Executive |
University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust and Heart of England Foundation Trust |
28 |
-10 |
39 |
Malcom |
Grant |
Chair |
NHS England |
23 |
-16 |
40 |
Chris |
Wormald |
Permanent Secretary |
Department of Health |
53 |
13 |
41 |
Keith |
Conradi |
Chief Inspector |
Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch |
36 |
-5 |
42 |
Dido |
Harding |
Chair |
NHS Improvement |
|
NE |
43 |
Danny |
Mortimer |
Chief Executive |
NHS Employers |
51 |
8 |
44 |
Andrew |
Dillon |
Chief Executive |
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence |
35 |
-9 |
45 |
Chris |
Ham |
Chief Executive |
King’s Fund |
44 |
-1 |
46 |
Andrew |
Cash |
Chief Executive |
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust |
50 |
4 |
47 |
David |
Sloman |
Chief Executive |
Royal Free London Foundation Trust |
81 |
34 |
48 |
Richard |
Vautrey |
Chair |
BMA GPs’ committee |
45 |
-3 |
49 |
Nick |
Harding |
Chair/Founding Partner |
Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG/Modality Partnership |
86 |
37 |
50 |
Mike |
Deegan |
Chief Executive |
Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust |
73 |
23 |
51 |
David |
Davis |
Secretary Of State for exiting the European Union |
|
16 |
-35 |
52 |
Liz |
Truss |
Chief Secretary |
HM Treasury |
8 |
-44 |
53 |
Philip |
Dunne |
Minister Of State |
Department of Health |
58 |
5 |
54 |
Steve |
Powis |
Medical Director |
NHS England |
|
NE |
55 |
John |
Stewart |
Director Of Specialised Commissioning |
NHS England |
37 |
-18 |
56 |
Matthew |
Style |
Director Of Strategic Finance |
NHS England |
|
NE |
57 |
Nick |
Donleavy |
Head Of Health Spending |
HM Treasury |
|
NE |
58 |
Clifford |
Mann |
A&E Clinical Lead |
NHS England |
60 |
2 |
59 |
Lee |
McDonough |
Director General, Acute Care And Workforce |
Department of Health |
|
NE |
60 |
Christina |
McAnea |
Assistant General Secretary |
UNISON |
25 |
-35 |
61 |
Mark |
Lloyd |
Chief Executive |
Local Government Association |
70 |
9 |
62 |
Philippa |
Hird |
Chair |
NHS Pay Review Body |
|
NE |
63 |
Gavin |
Larner |
Director Of Workforce |
Department of Health |
|
NE |
64 |
Ian |
Cumming |
Chief Executive |
Health Education England |
54 |
-10 |
65 |
David |
Haslam |
Chair |
NICE |
48 |
-17 |
66 |
Duncan |
Selbie |
Chief Executive |
Public Health England |
55 |
-11 |
67 |
Juliet |
Bauer |
Director Of Digital Experience |
NHS England |
100 |
33 |
68 |
Nigel |
Edwards |
Chief Executive |
Nuffield Trust |
47 |
-21 |
69 |
Sara |
Wilkinson |
Chief Executive |
NHS Digital |
80 |
11 |
70 |
Arvind |
Madan |
Director Of Primary Care |
NHS England |
56 |
-14 |
71 |
Hugh |
Pym |
Health Editor |
BBC |
61 |
-10 |
72 |
Sarah-Jane |
Marsh |
Chief Executive/ Chair |
Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust/ NHS England maternity transformation programme board |
78 |
6 |
73 |
Matthew |
Cripps |
National Director Of Right Care |
NHS England |
40 |
-33 |
74 |
Taj |
Hassan |
President |
Royal College of Emergency Medicine |
|
NE |
75 |
Claire |
Panniker |
Chief Executive |
Three Essex trusts |
93 |
18 |
76 |
Richard |
Barker |
Regional Director North Of England |
NHS England |
57 |
-19 |
77 |
Patrick |
Carter |
Non-Executive Director |
NHS Improvement |
46 |
-31 |
78 |
Amyas |
Morse |
Director General |
National Audit Office |
|
NE |
79 |
Fiona |
Caldicott |
Chair |
Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust and National Data Guardian |
|
NE |
80 |
Niall |
Dickson |
Chief Executive |
NHS Confederation |
62 |
-18 |
81 |
Jane |
Cummings |
Chief Nursing Officer |
NHS England |
66 |
-15 |
82 |
Anita |
Charlesworth |
Chief Economist |
the Health Foundation |
97 |
15 |
83 |
Ara |
Darzi |
Chair |
Imperial College Health Partners |
68 |
-15 |
84 |
Andrew |
Morris |
Lead |
Frimley Sustainability and Transformation Partnership |
64 |
-20 |
85 |
Jane |
Dacre |
President |
Royal College of Physicians |
79 |
-6 |
86 |
Jennifer |
Dixon |
Chief Executive |
the Health Foundation |
84 |
-2 |
87 |
Andy |
Burnham |
Mayor |
Greater Manchester |
89 |
2 |
88 |
Stephen |
Dorrell |
Chair |
NHS Confederation |
72 |
-16 |
89 |
Kristen |
McLeod |
Director |
Office of Life Sciences |
|
NE |
90 |
Matthew |
Patrick |
Chief Executive |
South London and the Maudsley Foundation Trust |
|
NE |
91 |
Jeremy |
Taylor |
Chief Executive |
National Voices |
94 |
3 |
92 |
Robert |
Francis |
Non-Executive Director |
CQC |
74 |
-18 |
93 |
Joe |
Rafferty |
Chief Executive |
Mersey Care Foundation Trust |
95 |
2 |
94 |
Julian |
Hartley |
Chief Executive |
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust |
92 |
-2 |
95 |
Kate |
Cornford |
Advisor |
No 10 |
|
NE |
96 |
Ruth |
Carnall |
Chief Executive/ Chair |
Carnall Farrar/ Northern, Eastern and Western Devon success regime |
99 |
3 |
97 |
Peter |
Homa |
Chair |
NHS Leadership Academy |
|
NE |
98 |
Ed |
Jones |
Special Advisor To The Secretary Of State |
Department of Health |
98 |
0 |
99 |
Yvonne |
Coghill |
Director Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation |
NHS England |
|
NE |
100 |
Paul |
Harrison |
Press Secretary |
No 10 |
|
NE |
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Stevens and Hunt in a Mexican standoff at the top of this year’s HSJ100
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HSJ100: The list in full
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