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Information26 Bob Ricketts
The Department of Health’s director of system management and new enterprise slides a few steps down the rankings this year - reflecting the current uncertainty about the direction of some DH policies.
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Information25 Peter Carter
Former psychiatric nurse Peter Carter has repositioned the Royal College of Nursing as a thoughtful and moderate influence on health policy.
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Information24 Laurence Buckman
Dr Laurence Buckman, leader of the British Medical Association’s GPs, balances keeping GPs as trusted healthcare professionals with delivering for his members, who want pay to reflect increased work and responsibility.
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Information23 Sophia Christie
Chief executive of NHS Birmingham East and North - and HSJ columnist - Sophia Christie’s clear thinking on the challenges facing the NHS has won her many followers and drives debate on PCT and commissioning freedoms.
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Information22 Niall Dickson
Few expected the former BBC social affairs correspondent to take over as chief executive of the King’s Fund in 2004 - and even fewer anticipated his move to run the General Medical Council from next January.
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Information21 Sir Robert Naylor
A rise up the rankings for the chief executive of UCLH Foundation Trust, who has become one of the strongest defenders of FT freedom this year.
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HSJ50 2009 - the judging process
The judging was carried out by a panel of experts from across the health policy and management field.
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Information20 Oliver Letwin
If the Conservative Party has undertaken a huge rebranding to become “the party of the NHS” then the chair of both its policy review and research department Oliver Letwin deserves as much credit as Andrew Lansley.
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Information19 Steve Bundred
Steve Bundred has broken into the top 20 in his second year in the HSJ50. Considering he has been chief executive of the Audit Commission since 2003, this represents a distinct step change in his influence on the shape of healthcare.
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Information18 Ruth Carnall
Ruth Carnall once described herself as “an awful accountant and a good manager” but she has needed both skills to run NHS London for the past three years - probably the hardest job in the NHS.
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Information17 Mark Britnell
Mark Britnell is the highest ranked horticulturist in this year’s HSJ50: he was on gardening leave when the list was drawn up, before starting a new job as European head of healthcare at KPMG.
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Information16 Mike Richards
As questions of finance continue to dominate this year, the cancer tsar has fallen out of the top five. However, Professor Richards has his hands full with implementing the cancer reform strategy, currently focusing on pilot schemes for early diagnosis and awareness, and an enhanced recovery programme.
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Information15 Andrew Dillon
The calm and focused approach of Andrew Dillon has proved invaluable in weathering the storms faced by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence.
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Information14 Cynthia Bower
Cynthia Bower has had a challenging year. As chief executive overseeing the merger of three former health and social care regulators into the Care Quality Commission, she brought together different organisational cultures while getting to grips with an entirely new regulatory approach and dealing with the inevitable redundancies, lease issues ...
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Information13 Steve Smith
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.
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Information12 David Behan
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.
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Information11 Mike Farrar
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.
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Information10 Andrew Lansley
The electorate now believes the NHS is safe in Tory hands. That is down to Andrew Lansley.
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Information09 Sir Michael Rawlins
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.
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Information08 Baroness Young of Old Scone
Barbara Young strode into her role as Care Quality Commission chair last year promising to “talk softly and carry a big stick”.