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  • HSJ50 2009 reception
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    HSJ50 2009 in pictures

    2009-11-16T17:27:00Z

    The list was revealed at a reception at the Foundling Museum in Central London on 11 November 2009.

  • Ben Goldacre
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    50 Ben Goldacre

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    An honourable 50th position for the NHS’s own myth buster - The Guardian columnist and author of Bad Science Dr Ben Goldacre.

  • Sue Slipman
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    49 Sue Slipman

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Foundation trusts have one of their biggest advocates and defenders in Foundation Trust Network director Sue Slipman.

  • Karen Jennings
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    48 Karen Jennings

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Karen Jennings combines being Unison’s head of health - representing more than 400,000 members - and campaigning as Labour parliamentary candidate for Hornsey and Wood Green in north London.

  • Ben Page
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    47 Ben Page

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    People listen to what Ipsos MORI has to say: it tells politicians and the health service what real people think and feel about it, and offers influential interpretations.

  • Dame Barbara Hakin
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    46 Dame Barbara Hakin

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Dame Barbara Hakin is one of the few GPs right at the top of the health service as chief executive of NHS East Midlands and leading the NHS Employers negotiating team on the GMS contract.

  • Stephen Thornton
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    45 Stephen Thornton

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    The Health Foundation chief executive has seen his organisation’s star rise as its concern with quality improvement and patient safety increasingly chimes with government priorities.

  • Robert Chote
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    44 Robert Chote

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Director of the influential Institute of Fiscal Studies, Robert Chote has been forthright in warning about the black hole awaiting public spending.

  • Nicolaus Henke
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    43 Nicolaus Henke

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    As McKinsey’s head of global health systems Nicolaus Henke’s critique of the UK’s system stands on knowledge of what has succeeded and failed around the world.

  • Dame Carol Black
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    42 Dame Carol Black

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Professor Dame Carol is the first national director for health and work. She conducted a major review of the health of Britain’s working age population, which emphasised the role of the NHS in maintaining working people’s health and getting the unwell back to work.

  • Sian Thomas
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    41 Sian Thomas

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Sian Thomas was appointed director of NHS Employers earlier this year, after 12 months of sharing the role with Alastair Henderson, and has launched the organisation into developing extra services for its members.

  • Lord Carter of Coles
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    40 Lord Carter of Coles

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Lord Carter of Coles is chair of the cooperation and competition panel which has been operating for less than a year but already looks to have a major influence on the development of NHS funded healthcare.

  • Helen Bevan
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    39 Helen Bevan

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Helen Bevan is a leading advocate of a more structured approach to NHS management, offering insights into what it can adapt from other sectors.

  • Stuart Bell
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    38 Stuart Bell

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    As chief executive of the high performing South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust, Stuart Bell is respected across the mental health field and has been a supporter of the benefits of FT status.

  • David Fillingham
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    37 David Fillingham

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    David Fillingham led the Modernisation Agency for three years - but then moved into the chief executive’s role at Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust and put theory into practice, introducing into hospital management the “Lean” quality tool developed by Toyota and popular in other industries.

  • Richard Barker
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    36 Richard Barker

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Director general of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, Richard Barker has been at the heart of many wrangles over drug costs and availability.

  • Hamish Meldrum
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    35 Hamish Meldrum

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    British Medical Association chair Dr Hamish Meldrum has struggled with the perennial problem of how to position the BMA as both the guardian of the patient’s interest and the opposer of many government reforms.

  • Elisabeth Buggins
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    34 Elisabeth Buggins

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    A former NHS manager who is now the highly regarded chair of NHS West Midlands and leads on board development for the NHS national leadership council, Elisabeth Buggins recently led a review of organ transplants to foreign private patients and is a former chair of the government’s organ donation task ...

  • Mark Goldman
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    33 Mark Goldman

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Dr Mark Goldman embodies the engaged clinician: he is chief executive of Heart of England Foundation Trust and leads on clinical leadership for the NHS leadership council.

  • Nigel Edwards
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    32 Nigel Edwards

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    The ebullient director of policy and communications for the NHS Confederation is loved by journalists for his pithy opinions but he also commands influence by being honest about the NHS’s failings and he is no apologist for managers - he wrote recently that the quality of middle management is variable. ...