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Health Service Journal
David Nicholson

David Nicholson is chief executive of the NHS.

  • David Nicholson on NHS incentives and ideology

    25 March 2010

    My job as NHS chief executive is to help transform the healthcare system from a rigid top-down monopoly to a service that is much more focused on the individual needs of patients. 
  • An introduction to First Thursday

    4 February 2010

    I am delighted to introduce this year-long series of articles about innovation from leading thinkers and practitioners around the world.
  • David Nicholson: ride the wave of NHS innovation

    12 November 2009

    Linking quality and productivity via innovation to produce efficiency gains is the most important long term challenge facing the NHS, and it needs action at all levels
  • Devolved power flows through Darzi's vision

    7-Aug-2008

    The next stage review's warm reception was testament to the staff and patient engagement that informed it. Now, says NHS chief executive David Nicholson, that local ownership will energise its implementation

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