All HSJ50 2009 articles – Page 3

  • Steve Smith
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    13 Steve Smith

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Leading England’s largest trust and being at the centre of medical innovation secures Professor Steve Smith’s place as HSJ50’s highest placed acute chief executive.

  • David Behan
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    12 David Behan

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    As the Department of Health’s first ever director general of social care, local government and care partnerships, David Behan has successfully made the transition from sabre rattling regulator to sector wide leader.

  • Mike Farrar
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    11 Mike Farrar

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Mike Farrar is the top strategic health authority chief executive in the HSJ50 this year - a recognition of the pioneering quality work his region continues to push forward.

  • Andrew Lansley
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    10 Andrew Lansley

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    The electorate now believes the NHS is safe in Tory hands. That is down to Andrew Lansley.

  • Sir Michael Rawlins
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    09 Sir Michael Rawlins

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    It has been another eventful year for Professor Sir Michael Rawlins, who was reappointed as chair of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in March after a special exemption allowed him to extend his tenure.

  • Baroness Young of Old Scone
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    08 Baroness Young of Old Scone

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Barbara Young strode into her role as Care Quality Commission chair last year promising to “talk softly and carry a big stick”.

  • Sir Liam Donaldson
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    07 Sir Liam Donaldson

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    The chief medical officer has become the public face of swine flu and is largely responsible for the NHS and government’s response to it, including the purchase of tens of millions of doses of vaccine and Tamiflu.

  • Bill Moyes
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    06 Bill Moyes

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Bill Moyes has climbed three places despite the government’s recent strikes at the foundation trust reforms, the Mid Staffordshire Foundation Trust scandal and having only two months left in post.

  • Andy Burnham
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    05 Andy Burnham

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Health secretary Andy Burnham came into the post as swine flu swept towards pandemic status; a tough start to what is inevitably going to be a tough job.

  • Sir Bruce Keogh
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    04 Sir Bruce Keogh

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    If, in five or 10 years’ time, a patient is able to get detailed information about the numbers of operations every surgical team carries out, their outcome and how that compares with other specialists, before deciding whether they want a surgeon to cut into them Sir Bruce Keogh will be ...

  • David Flory
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    03 David Flory

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    If Lord Darzi’s legacy on quality puts him at the number two slot, it is money and control over it which has propelled David Flory’s ascent to number three from 16th place last year.

  • Lord Darzi of Denham
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    02 Lord Darzi of Denham

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    Ara Darzi stood down as a health minister in July but his influence is still central to the NHS and his push for quality is being carried forward.

  • David Nicholson
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    01 David Nicholson

    2009-11-12T10:00:00Z

    The financial chill enveloping the NHS has only served to reinforce David Nicholson’s position as the most powerful person in healthcare.