HSJ80 full list: The most influential people in health

The top 80 (listed alphabetically)

• Caroline Abrahams, director, Age UK
• Lord Victor Adebowale, chair, NHS Confederation
• Professor John Appleby, director of research and chief economist, the Nuffield Trust
• Edward Argar, minister of state, Department of Health and Social Care
• Charlotte Augst, chief executive, National Voices
• Sir David Behan, chair, Health Education England
• Professor Sir John Bell, government life science champion, Department of Health and Social Care
• Lord James Bethell, minister, Department of Health and Social Care
• Baroness Nicola Blackwood, chair, Genomics England
• Professor Tim Briggs, national director of clinical improvement, Department of Health and Social Care
• Glen Burley, chief executive, George Eliot Hospital Trust, South Warwickshire Foundation Trust and Wye Valley Trust
• Andy Burnham, mayor, Greater Manchester
• Lord Patrick Carter, non-executive director, NHS Improvement
• Baroness Camilla Cavendish, adviser on social care, Department of Health and Social Care
• Anita Charlesworth, director of research, the Health Foundation
• Simon Corben, director and head of profession NHS estates and facilities, NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Saffron Cordery, deputy chief executive, NHS Providers
• Dr Sue Crossland, president, Society for Acute Medicine
• Dame Jackie Daniel, chief executive, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Professor Lord Ara Darzi, director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, Imperial College London
• Sir Mike Deegan, chief executive, Manchester University Foundation Trust
• Dr Jennifer Dixon, chief executive, the Health Foundation
• Tara Donnelly, chief digital officer, NHSX
• Professor Jacqueline Dunkley-Bent, chief midwifery officer, NHS England
• Nigel Edwards, chief executive, Nuffield Trust
• Paul Farmer, chief executive, Mind, and chair, NHS England mental health taskforce
• Dr Aidan Fowler, national director of patient safety in England, and deputy chief medical officer, Department of Health and Social Care
• Dr Claire Fuller, senior responsible officer, Surrey Heartlands Health and Care Partnership
• Marie Gabriel, chair of NHS Race and Health Observatory, NHS Confederation and NHS England
• Professor Sarah Gilbert, professor of vaccinology, Oxford University
• Professor Trisha Greenhalgh, professor of primary care health sciences, Oxford University
• Dame Marianne Griffiths, chief executive, Western Sussex Hospitals Foundation Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals Trust
• Professor Sir Chris Ham, chair, Coventry and Warwickshire Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, and co-chair of NHS Assembly
• David Hare, chief executive, Independent Healthcare Provider Network
• Professor Joe Harrison, chief executive, Milton Keynes University Hospital Foundation Trust
• Professor Dame Sue Hill, chief scientific officer, NHS England
• Meg Hillier, chair, Public Accounts Committee, House of Commons
• Chris Hopson, chief executive, NHS Providers
• Professor Peter Horby, professor of emerging infectious disease and global health, Oxford University, and chief investigator for the recovery trial
• Celia Ingham-Clark, medical director for clinical effectiveness, NHS England
• Professor Peter Johnson, national clinical director for cancer, NHS England
• Dr Nikita Kanani, medical director of primary care, NHS England and NHS Improvement
• David Loughton, chief executive, the Royal Wolverhampton Trust
• John Lawlor, chief executive, Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Foundation Trust
• Anne Longfield, Children’s Commissioner for England
• Sir James Mackey, chief executive, Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust
• Dr Clifford Mann, national clinical director for urgent and emergency care, NHS England
• Sarah-Jane Marsh, director of testing, NHS Test and Trace, chief executive Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust, and chair, NHS England maternity and children and young people’s transformation programme
• Michelle Mitchell, chief executive, Cancer Research UK
• Danny Mortimer, chief executive, NHS Employers
• Claire Murdoch, national mental health director, NHS England, and chief executive, Central and North West London Foundation Trust
• Richard Murray, chief executive, King’s Fund
• Dr Habib Naqvi, incoming director of the NHS Race and Health Observatory, NHS Confederation and NHS England, acting director, NHS Workforce Race Equality Standard, NHS England
• Sharmila Nebhrajani, chair, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence
• Professor John Newton, director of health improvement, Department of Health and Social Care
• Sir David Norgrove, chair, UK Statistics Authority
• Clare Panniker, chief executive, Mid and South Essex Foundation Trust
• Sonia Patel, chief information officer, NHSX
• David Pearson, chair, Social Care Sector covid-19 Support Taskforce
• Hugh Pym, health editor, BBC
• Professor Mark Radford, chief nurse, Health Education England, and deputy chief nursing officer, NHS England
• Joe Rafferty, chief executive, Mersey Care Foundation Trust
• Professor Wendy Reid, acting chief executive, Health Education England
• Professor Sir Mike Richards, chair, independent review of adult screening programmes, NHS England
• Jin Sahota, chief executive, Supply Chain Co-ordination, Department of Health and Social Care
• Roland Sinker, chief executive, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust
• Professor Devi Sridhar, professor of global public health, Edinburgh University
• Professor Helen Stokes-Lampard, chair, Academy of Medical Royal Colleges
• Matthew Style, director of strategic finance, NHS England
• Ming Tang, national director, data and analytics, NHS England and NHS Improvement
• Hugh Taylor, chair, Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation Trust
• Dr Richard Vautrey, chair, BMA GPs committee
• Laura Wade-Gery, chair, NHS Digital
• Fergus Walsh, medical editor, BBC
• Will Warr, senior special adviser to the Prime Minister on health, social care, life sciences, technology and AI
• Rob Webster, chief executive South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust and lead West Yorkshire and Harrogate Integrated Care System
• Professor Keith Willett, director for acute care, NHS England
• Owen Williams, chief executive, Calderdale and Huddersfield Foundation Trust
• Alwen Williams, group executive, Barts Health Trust
• Matthew Winn, community health director NHS England and Improvement, and chief executive Cambridgeshire Community Services Trust