Simon Stevens tops the 2017 list of the most influential people in health.

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Simon

Stevens

Chief Executive

 NHS England

1

0

2

Jeremy

Hunt

Secretary Of State For Health

 Department of Health

2

0

3

David

Behan

 Chief Executive

 Care Quality Commission

3

0

4

Matthew

Swindells

 National Director,  Operations And Information

 NHS England

4

0

5

Paul

Baumann

 Chief Financial Officer

 NHS England

5

0

6

Jeremy

Heywood

 Cabinet Secretary

 

13

7

7

Ted

Baker

 Chief Inspector Of Hospitals

 CQC

12

5

8

Ian 

Dalton

Chief Executive

NHS Improvement

 

NE

9

Pauline

Philip

 National Urgent And Emergency Care Director

 NHS England

21

12

10

Tim

Briggs

 National Director For Clinical Quality And Efficiency

 Department of Health

11

1

11

Sarah

Wollaston

 Chair Of The Health Select Committee

 

14

3

12

Chaand

Nagpaul

 Chair

 British Medical Association

10

-2

13

David

Williams

 Director General Of Finance And Group Operations

 Department of Health

7

-6

14

Catherine

Frances

 Director Of Public Services

 HM Treasury

17

3

15

Andrea

Sutcliffe

 Chief Inspector Of Social Care

 CQC

29

14

16

Jon

Rouse

 Chief Officer

 Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership

39

23

17

Sally

Davies

 Chief Medical Officer

England

15

-2

18

Claire

Murdoch

 National Mental Health Director

 NHS England

30

12

19

Jonathan

Ashworth

 Shadow Health Secretary

 

18

-1

20

Kathy

McLean

 Executive Medical Director

 NHS Improvement

31

11

21

Keith

Willett

 Director For Acute Care

 NHS England

65

44

22

Chris

Hopson

 Chief Executive

 NHS Providers

27

5

23

Paul

Farmer

 Chief Executive, Mind & Chair 

 NHS England mental health taskforce

42

19

24

Jim

Mackey

Chief Executive

 Northumbria Healthcare Foundation Trust

20

-4

25

Jeremy

Marlow

 Director Of Operational Productivity 

NHS Improvement

26

1

26

James

Kent

Special Adviser On Health to Theresa May

 

76

50

27

Elizabeth

O’Mahony

 Finance Director

 NHS Improvement

88

61

28

David

Dalton

 Chief Executive

Salford Royal Foundation Trust and Pennine Acute Trust

38

10

29

Helen

Stokes-Lampard

 Chair

 Royal College of General Practitioners

52

23

30

Amanda

Doyle

 Co-Chair/Chief Clinical Officer

 NHS Clinical Commissioners/ Blackpool CCG

41

11

31

Steve

Field

 Chief Inspector Of General Practice

 CQC

24

-7

32

Janet

Davies

 Chief Executive And General Secretary

Royal College Of Nursing

19

-13

33

Stephen

Hay

 Executive Director Of Regulation/Deputy Chief Executive

 NHS Improvement

22

-11

34

Ruth

May

 Executive Director Of Nursing

 NHS Improvement

32

-2

35

Sara

Gorton

 Head Of Health

 UNISON

71

36

36

John

Bell

 Government Life Science Champion

 

 

NE

37

Ian

Dodge

 National Director Commissioning Strategy

 NHS England

33

-4

38

Julie

Moore

 Chief Executive

 University Hospitals Birmingham Foundation Trust and Heart of England Foundation Trust

28

-10

39

Malcom

Grant

 Chair

 NHS England

23

-16

40

Chris

Wormald

 Permanent Secretary

 Department of Health

53

13

41

Keith

Conradi

 Chief Inspector

 Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch

36

-5

42

Dido

Harding

 Chair

 NHS Improvement

 

NE

43

Danny

Mortimer

 Chief Executive

 NHS Employers

51

8

44

Andrew

Dillon

 Chief Executive

National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence

35

-9

45

Chris

Ham

 Chief Executive

 King’s Fund

44

-1

46

Andrew

Cash

 Chief Executive

 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust

50

4

47

David

Sloman

 Chief Executive

 Royal Free London Foundation Trust

81

34

48

Richard

Vautrey

 Chair

 BMA GPs’ committee

45

-3

49

Nick

Harding

 Chair/Founding Partner

 Sandwell and West Birmingham CCG/Modality Partnership

86

37

50

Mike

Deegan

 Chief Executive

 Central Manchester University Hospitals Foundation Trust

73

23

51

David

Davis

Secretary Of State for exiting the European Union 

 

16

-35

52

Liz

Truss

 Chief Secretary

HM Treasury

8

-44

53

Philip

Dunne

 Minister Of State

Department of Health

58

5

54

Steve

Powis

 Medical Director 

 NHS England

 

NE

55

John

Stewart

 Director Of Specialised Commissioning

 NHS England

37

-18

56

Matthew

Style

 Director Of Strategic Finance

 NHS England

 

NE

57

Nick

Donleavy

 Head Of Health Spending

 HM Treasury

 

NE

58

Clifford

Mann

 A&E Clinical Lead

 NHS England

60

2

59

Lee

McDonough

 Director General, Acute Care And Workforce

 Department of Health

 

NE

60

Christina

McAnea

 Assistant General Secretary

 UNISON

25

-35

61

Mark

Lloyd

 Chief Executive

 Local Government Association

70

9

62

Philippa

Hird

 Chair

 NHS Pay Review Body

 

NE

63

Gavin

Larner

 Director Of Workforce

 Department of Health

 

NE

64

Ian

Cumming

 Chief Executive

 Health Education England

54

-10

65

David

Haslam

 Chair

 NICE

48

-17

66

Duncan

Selbie

 Chief Executive

 Public Health England

55

-11

67

Juliet

Bauer

 Director Of Digital Experience

 NHS England

100

33

68

Nigel

Edwards

 Chief Executive

 Nuffield Trust

47

-21

69

Sara

Wilkinson

 Chief Executive

 NHS Digital

80

11

70

Arvind

Madan

 Director Of Primary Care

 NHS England

56

-14

71

Hugh

Pym

 Health Editor

 BBC

61

-10

72

Sarah-Jane

Marsh

 Chief Executive/ Chair

Birmingham Women’s and Children’s Foundation Trust/ NHS England maternity transformation programme board

78

6

73

Matthew

Cripps

 National Director Of Right Care

 NHS England

40

-33

74

Taj

Hassan

 President

 Royal College of Emergency Medicine

 

NE

75

Claire

Panniker

 Chief Executive

Three Essex trusts

93

18

76

Richard

Barker

 Regional Director North Of England

 NHS England

57

-19

77

Patrick

Carter

 Non-Executive Director

 NHS Improvement

46

-31

78

Amyas

Morse

 Director General

 National Audit Office

 

NE

79

Fiona

Caldicott

 Chair

Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust and National Data Guardian

 

NE

80

Niall

Dickson

 Chief Executive

 NHS Confederation

62

-18

81

Jane

Cummings

 Chief Nursing Officer

 NHS England

66

-15

82

Anita

Charlesworth

 Chief Economist

 the Health Foundation

97

15

83

Ara

Darzi

 Chair

 Imperial College Health Partners

68

-15

84

Andrew

Morris

 Lead

Frimley Sustainability and Transformation Partnership

64

-20

85

Jane

Dacre

 President

 Royal College of Physicians

79

-6

86

Jennifer

Dixon

 Chief Executive

 the Health Foundation

84

-2

87

Andy

Burnham

 Mayor

 Greater Manchester

89

2

88

Stephen

Dorrell

 Chair

NHS Confederation

72

-16

89

Kristen

McLeod

 Director

 Office of Life Sciences

 

NE

90

Matthew

Patrick

 Chief Executive

 South London and the Maudsley Foundation Trust

 

NE

91

Jeremy

Taylor

 Chief Executive

 National Voices

94

3

92

Robert

Francis

 Non-Executive Director

 CQC

74

-18

93

Joe

Rafferty

 Chief Executive

 Mersey Care Foundation Trust

95

2

94

Julian

Hartley

 Chief Executive

 Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust

92

-2

95

Kate

Cornford

 Advisor

 No 10

 

NE

96

Ruth

Carnall

 Chief Executive/ Chair

 Carnall Farrar/ Northern, Eastern and Western Devon success regime

99

3

97

Peter

Homa

 Chair

 NHS Leadership Academy

 

NE

98

Ed

Jones

 Special Advisor To The Secretary Of State

 Department of Health

98

0

99

Yvonne

Coghill

 Director Workforce Race Equality Standard Implementation

 NHS England

 

NE

100

Paul

Harrison

 Press Secretary

 No 10

 

NE

Stevens and Hunt in a Mexican standoff at the top of this year’s HSJ100