Health Service Journal
HSJ100
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001 - Andrew Lansley
Secretary of state for health UP 9 -
001 - Sir David Nicholson
NHS chief executive and chief executive of the shadow NHS Commissioning Board (2010 ranking: 4) -
002 - Andrew Lansley
Secretary of state for health (2010 ranking: 1) -
002 - Oliver Letwin
Minister of state, Cabinet Office UP 18 -
003 - Dr Hamish Meldrum
Chair, BMA council UP 32 -
003 - Robert Francis QC
Chair, Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust public inquiry (2010 ranking: 76) -
004 - Sir David Nicholson
NHS chief executive DOWN 3 -
004 - Stephen Dorrell
Chair, House of Commons health committee (2010 ranking: 5) -
005 - Jeremy Heywood
Cabinet secretary, Number 10 Downing Street (New entry) -
005 - Stephen Dorrell
Chair, Commons health committee. NEW ENTRY -
006 - David Flory
Director general of NHS finance, performance and operations, Department of Health DOWN 3 -
006 - Lord Howe
Parliamentary under secretary of state for quality, Department of Health (2010 ranking: 19) -
007 - Dame Barbara Hakin
National managing director of commissioning development, DH UP 39 -
007 - Richard Douglas
Finance director, DH (2010 ranking: 52) -
008 - David Behan
Director, social care, local government and care partnerships, DH (2010 ranking: 9) -
008 - Dr Laurence Buckman
Chair, BMA GPs committee UP 16 -
009 - David Behan
Director, social care, local government and care partnerships, DH UP 3 -
009 - Sir Andrew Dillon
Chief executive, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2010 ranking: 17) -
010 - Hamish Meldrum
Chair, British Medical Association council (2010 ranking: 3) -
010 - Mark Britnell
Global head of health, KPMG UP 7 -
011 - David Flory
NHS deputy chief executive (2010 ranking: 6) -
011 - Dr Clare Gerada
Chair, Royal College of GPs. NEW ENTRY -
012 - Bill McCarthy
Managing director responsible for establishing the NHS Commissioning Board (2010 ranking: 43) -
012 - Ian Dalton
Managing director of provider development, DH. NEW ENTRY -
013 - Paul Dacre
Editor, Daily Mail. NEW ENTRY -
013 - Una O'Brien
Permanent secretary, DH (2010 ranking: 15) -
014 - Dame Sally Davies
Interim chief medical officer, DH UP 16 -
014 - Sir Bruce Keogh
NHS medical director, DH (2010 ranking: 24) -
015 - Dame Sally Davies
Chief medical officer, DH (2010 ranking: 14) -
015 - Una O'Brien
Permanent secretary, DH. NEW ENTRY -
016 - Dame Barbara Hakin
National managing director of commissioning development, DH (2010 ranking: 7) -
016 - Sean Worth
Senior policy adviser to the prime minister. NEW ENTRY -
017 - Prime Minister's Advisers
Prime Minister’s Advisers including Steve Hilton, Paul Kirby and Paul Bate (New entry) -
017 - Sir Andrew Dillon
Chief executive, NICE ?2 -
018 - David Bennett
Chair and interim chief executive, Monitor (New entry) -
018 - Sir Neil McKay
Chief executive, NHS East of England. NEW ENTRY -
019 - Earl Howe
Parliamentary under secretary of state for quality. NEW ENTRY -
019 - Peter Carter
Chief executive, Royal College of Nursing (2010 ranking: 23) -
020 - Ian Dalton
Chief executive, NHS North of England, and managing director of provider development, DH (2010 ranking: 12) -
020 - Nick Timmins
Public sector policy editor, Financial Times ?9 -
021 - Dame Ruth Carnall
Chief executive, NHS London (2010 ranking: 47) -
021 - Professor Steve Field
Outgoing chair, Royal College of GPs ?7 -
022 - Dame Jo Williams
Chair, Care Quality Commission. NEW ENTRY -
022 - Sir Ian Carruthers
Chief executive, NHS South (2010 ranking: 71) -
023 - Peter Carter
General secretary and chief executive, Royal College of Nursing ?2 -
023 - Sir Neil McKay
Chief executive, NHS Midlands and East (2010 ranking: 18) -
024 - Clare Gerada
Chair, Royal College of GPs (2010 ranking: 11) -
024 - Sir Bruce Keogh
NHS medical director ?20 -
025 - Brendan Barber
General secretary, TUC (New entry) -
025 - Nigel Edwards
Acting chief executive, NHS Confederation ?7 -
026 - Jim Easton
National director of improvement and efficiency, DH (2010 ranking: 39) -
026 - Mike Farrar
Chief executive, NHS North West ?15 -
027 - Dr Richard Vautrey
Deputy chair, BMA GPs committee. NEW ENTRY -
027 - Mike Farrar
Chief executive, NHS Confederation (2010 ranking: 26) -
028 - Lord Hutton
Chair, Independent Public Service Pensions Commission. NEW ENTRY -
028 - Mark Porter
Chair, BMA consultants committee (2010 ranking: 45) -
029 - Danny Alexander
Chief secretary to the Treasury (New entry) -
029 - Steve Bundred
Chair, Monitor ?10 -
030 - Dame Jo Williams
Chair, Care Quality Commission (2010 ranking: 22) -
030 - Professor David Kerr
Special adviser to Andrew Lansley. NEW ENTRY -
031 - Christina McAnea
Head of health, Unison (New entry) -
031 - Sir Robert Naylor
Chief executive, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust ?10 -
032 - Bill Morgan
Special adviser to Andrew Lansley. NEW ENTRY -
032 - Malcolm Grant
Chair, NHS Commissioning Board (New entry) -
033 - Ian Dodge
Director, Policy Support Unit, DH. NEW ENTRY -
033 - Laurence Buckman
Chair, BMA GPs committee (2010 ranking: 8) -
034 - Paul Dacre
Editor in chief, Daily Mail (2010 ranking: 13) -
034 - Sir Michael Rawlins
Chair, NICE ?25 -
035 - Karen Jennings
Head of health, Unison ?13 -
035 - Steve Field
Chair, NHS Future Forum (2010 ranking: 21) -
036 - John Black
President, Royal College of Surgeons. NEW ENTRY -
036 - Stephen Hay
Chief operating officer, Monitor (2010 ranking: 42) -
037 - Ceri Thomas
Editor, Today, Radio 4. NEW ENTRY -
037 - Gareth Goodier
Chief executive, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust (2010 ranking: 69) -
038 - Cabinet Office
Francis Maude and Ian Watmore (New entry) -
038 - John Healey
Shadow health secretary. NEW ENTRY -
039 - Jim Easton
National director for improvement and efficiency, DH. NEW ENTRY -
039 - Sir Robert Naylor
Chief executive, University College London Hospitals Foundation Trust (2010 ranking: 31) -
040 - Dame Carol Black
National director for health and work ?2 -
040 - Peter Griffiths
Chair, Foundation Trust Network (New entry) -
041 - Lord Darzi
Chairman for the Institute of Global Health Innovation at Imperial College (New entry) -
041 - Paul Burstow
Minister of state for care services. NEW ENTRY -
042 - Sir Michael Rawlins
Chair, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (2010 ranking: 34) -
042 - Stephen Hay
Chief operating officer, Monitor. NEW ENTRY -
043 - Bill McCarthy
Chief executive, NHS Yorkshire and the Humber. NEW ENTRY -
043 - Special Advisers to the Health Secretary
Bill Morgan (2010 ranking: 32), Sean Worth (2010 ranking: 16), Paul Stephenson (new entry) and Jenny Jackson (new entry) -
044 - Julie Moore
Chief executive, University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust (New entry) -
044 - Professor Steve Smith
Chief executive, Imperial College Healthcare Trust ?31 -
045 - Chris Ham
Chief executive, the King’s Fund (2010 ranking: 61) -
045 - Dr Mark Porter
Chair, BMA consultants committee. NEW ENTRY -
046 - Andy Burnham
Shadow secretary of state for health (New entry) -
046 - Professor Mike Richards
National clinical director for cancer, Department of Health ?30 -
047 - David Nicholson's Advisers
Jo Wass, chief of staff; and Ralph Coulbeck policy adviser, office of NHS chief executive (New entry) -
047 - Ruth Carnall
Chief executive, NHS London ?29 -
048 - Anne Milton
Minister for public health. NEW ENTRY -
048 - Sir Mike Richards
National clinical director for cancer (2010 ranking: 46) -
049 - Ian Dodge
Policy support unit director, DH (2010 ranking: 33) -
049 - Simon Burns
Health minister. NEW ENTRY -
050 - Cynthia Bower
Chief executive, Care Quality Commission (2010 ranking: 51) -
050 - Dr Mike Dixon
Chair, NHS Alliance. NEW ENTRY -
051 - 075
HSJ100: 051 - 075 -
051 - Cynthia Bower
Chief executive, Care Quality Commission ?37 -
052 - Richard Douglas
Finance director, Department of Health -
053 - Nicolaus Henke
Head of global health systems, McKinsey & company ?10 -
054 - Professor John Appleby
Chief economist, The King’s Fund -
055 - Sophia Christie
Director of alignment and coordination, DH ?32 -
056 - Ben Dyson
Director of primary care, DH -
057 - Bob Ricketts
Director of system management and new enterprise, DH ?31 -
058 - Dr Jonny Marshall
Chair, National Association of Primary Care -
059 - Mike Deegan
Chief executive, Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust -
060 - Dr James Kingsland
President, National Association of Primary Care -
061 - Professor Chris Ham
Chief executive, The King’s Fund -
062 - Dr Paul Zollinger-Read
Chief executive, NHS Cambridgeshire -
063 - Helen Bevan
Director of service transformation, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement ?24 -
064 - Lord Carter
Chair, Cooperation and Competition Panel -
065 - Helen Bailey
Director of public services, Treasury -
066 - Christine Connelly
Chief information officer, DH -
067 - Clare Chapman
Director of workforce, DH -
068 - Sue Slipman
Director, Foundation Trust Network ?19 -
069 - Dr Gareth Goodier
Chief executive, Cambridge University Hospitals Foundation Trust -
070 - Andy McKeon
Health managing director, Audit Commission -
071 - Sir Ian Carruthers
Chief executive, NHS South West ?40 -
072 - Dr Jennifer Dixon
Director, The Nuffield Trust -
073 - Stuart Bell
Chief executive, South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust -
074 - Rob Whiteman
Managing director, Local Government Improvement and Development -
075 - Paul Pindar
Chief executive, Capita -
076 - 100
HSJ100: 076 -100 -
076 - Robert Francis QC
Chair, Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust inquiry -
077 - Bill Moyes
Former executive chair, Monitor ?70 -
078 - Stephen Thornton
Chief executive, Health Foundation -
079 - Sir Jonathan Michael
Chief executive, Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals Trust -
080 - Patrick Geoghegan
Chief executive, South Essex Partnership Foundation Trust -
081 - Tim Straughan
Chief executive, NHS Information Centre -
082 - Dr Ruth Hussey
Regional director of public health, NHS North West -
083 - Niall Dixon
Chief executive, General Medical Council ?60 -
084 - Ben Page
Chief executive, Ipsos MORI ?36 -
085 - Sir Andrew Cash
Chief executive, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust -
086 - Geoff Alltimes
Chief executive, Hammersmith and Fulham Council -
087 - Peter Bradley
Chief executive, London Ambulance Service Trust -
088 - Sir Richard Thompson
President, Royal College of Physicians -
089 - Alwen Williams
Chief executive, NHS Inner North East London -
090 - Richard Barker
Director general, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry ?53 -
091 - Norman Lamb
Chief parliamentary and political adviser to the deputy prime minister -
092 - Professor Paul Corrigan
Consultant -
093 - Sir Keith Pearson
Chair, NHS Confederation and NHS East of England -
094 - Lord Warner
Commissioner, Social Care Funding Commission -
095 - Simon Stevens
Executive vice president, UnitedHealth Group -
096 - Alan Milburn
Government adviser on social mobility and former health secretary -
097 - Ali Parsa
Managing partner, Circle -
098 - Dr Don Berwick
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -
099 - Sir Michael Marmot
President, British Medical Association -
100 - Alastair McLellan
Editor, HSJ -
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HSJ100: Hakin and Gerada lead the rise of the clinicians
The white paper represents a seismic shift in policy and operational form, perhaps the biggest since the inception of the NHS. -
HSJ100: In a time of transition, power lies in David Nicholson’s iron grip
The HSJ100 is now in its sixth year. Its job is to predict who will wield the greatest influence over health policy and the NHS in the coming 12 months – in this case to November 2012. The prime minister, his deputy and the chancellor are excluded. -
HSJ100: judging panel and process
The judging panel and process involved in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Politicians and medics surge to power in the new world order
We live in political times. That much is clear from the first HSJ100, the expanded version of the HSJ50 which, for the past four years, has plotted the most influential people in health. -
HSJ100: shadow commissioning board is already pulling the strings
The sixth consecutive year of the HSJ100 has again revealed a significant reordering of the individuals deemed to be at the leading edge of driving innovation and influence across the NHS and broader healthcare sector, says Frank McKenna from Harvey Nash plc. -
HSJ100: the list in full
HSJ100: the list in full -
HSJ100: 'The NHS can never recover if Whitehall is deciding the cure'
Nick Seddon, deputy director at think tank Reform, writes an opinion piece in today’s Times on what this year’s HSJ100 list means for the health of the NHS. -
HSJ100: Top 10 from interest groups
The Top 10 from interest groups. -
HSJ100: Top 10 from politics
The top 10 from the world of politics in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 10 women
The Top 10 women in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 15 clinicians
The Top 15 clinicians in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 20 mandarins
The Top 20 mandarins in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 5 chief executives
The top NHS chief executives in this year’s HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 5 'inquirers' and regulators
This year’s Top 5 ‘inquirers’ and regulators in the HSJ100. -
HSJ100: Top 5 opinion formers
The Top 5 opinion formers in this year’s HSJ100 list. -
HSJ100: 'We need the best of both private and public to deliver change'
The challenges facing the NHS cannot be adequately addressed through incremental change; it’s time to do different things, rather than just doing things differently, writes Accenture Health UK director Simon England. -
Top 10 from politics
The top 10 in the HSJ100 2010 from the world of politics -
Top 10 NHS chief executives
The top 10 NHS chief executives in the HSJ100 2010 -
Top 15 from interest groups
Dr Hamish Meldrum, chair, BMA councilDr Laurence Buckman, chair, BMA GPs committeeDr Clare Gerada, chair, Royal College of GPsPeter Carter, general secretary and chief executive, RCNNigel Edwards, acting chief executive, NHS ConfederationDr Richard Vautrey, deputy chair, BMA GPs committeeKaren Jennings, head of health, UnisonJohn Black, president, Royal College of SurgeonsDr Mark Porter, chair, BMA consultants commit -
Top 15 women
The top 15 women in the HSJ100 2010 -
Top 20 clinicians
The top 20 clinicians in the HSJ100 2010 -
Top 20 mandarins
The top 20 mandarins in the HSJ100 2010 -
Top 20 opinion formers
The top 20 opinion formers from the HSJ100 2010






