HSJ reveals the top provider chief executives

Dame Julie Moore and Sir Robert Naylor are among the 50 chief executives doing an exceptional job of steering provider trusts, according to a panel of expert judges assembled by HSJ.

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HSJ’s Top Chief Executives 2014 recognises for the first time the outstanding leaders of English NHS provider organisations. Other names on the list include Stuart Bell of Oxford Health Foundation Trust; Mike Cooke of Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust; and Peter Homa of Nottingham University Hospitals Trust.

A heavyweight judging panel selected the 50 names on the list, and highlighted the 10 most exceptional leaders.

Editor Alastair McLellan said: “Leading a provider trust is a mission which surely at times appears thankless – political sensitivities abound, as does the pressing target to deliver outstanding care at reduced cost.

“What judges focused on in their deliberations was not moratality rates or financial bottom lines; instead their litmus test was one particular question in the staff survey: the percentage of staff who would be happy for a friend or family member to be treated at the organisation at which they work.”

The list will be published in a special supplement with the 28 March issue of HSJ and available in full online on the same day.

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