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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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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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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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Information27 Jeremy Heywood
Jeremy Heywood is unlikely to be a household name for many NHS staff: but as permanent secretary to prime minister Gordon Brown, he sits at the heart of government.
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Information28 Steve Field
The chair of the Royal College of GPs is generally not a high profile role: but Professor Steve Field has barely left the television studio this year as his calm perspective is called on in numerous debates about swine flu and other health scares.
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Information29 Nick Timmins
As veteran public policy editor of the Financial Times, whose knowledge of the NHS ensures a steady stream of well researched, insightful articles which are required reading for managers, ministers and Treasury mandarins, Nick Timmins poses questions at press conferences that can leave grown ministers quaking and looking to advisers ...
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Information30 Dame Sally Davies
As director general of research and development at the Department of Health, Professor Dame Sally Davies commands a budget of around £1bn.
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Information31 Sir Ian Carruthers
Sir Ian Carruthers is celebrating 40 years of working in the NHS this year, and shows no signs of changing career.
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Information32 Nigel Edwards
The ebullient director of policy and communications for the NHS Confederation is loved by journalists for his pithy opinions but he also commands influence by being honest about the NHS’s failings and he is no apologist for managers - he wrote recently that the quality of middle management is variable. ...
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Information33 Mark Goldman
Dr Mark Goldman embodies the engaged clinician: he is chief executive of Heart of England Foundation Trust and leads on clinical leadership for the NHS leadership council.
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Information34 Elisabeth Buggins
A former NHS manager who is now the highly regarded chair of NHS West Midlands and leads on board development for the NHS national leadership council, Elisabeth Buggins recently led a review of organ transplants to foreign private patients and is a former chair of the government’s organ donation task ...
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Information35 Hamish Meldrum
British Medical Association chair Dr Hamish Meldrum has struggled with the perennial problem of how to position the BMA as both the guardian of the patient’s interest and the opposer of many government reforms.
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Information36 Richard Barker
Director general of the Association of British Pharmaceutical Industries, Richard Barker has been at the heart of many wrangles over drug costs and availability.
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Information37 David Fillingham
David Fillingham led the Modernisation Agency for three years - but then moved into the chief executive’s role at Royal Bolton Hospital Foundation Trust and put theory into practice, introducing into hospital management the “Lean” quality tool developed by Toyota and popular in other industries.
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Information38 Stuart Bell
As chief executive of the high performing South London and Maudsley Foundation Trust, Stuart Bell is respected across the mental health field and has been a supporter of the benefits of FT status.
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Information39 Helen Bevan
Helen Bevan is a leading advocate of a more structured approach to NHS management, offering insights into what it can adapt from other sectors.
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Information40 Lord Carter of Coles
Lord Carter of Coles is chair of the cooperation and competition panel which has been operating for less than a year but already looks to have a major influence on the development of NHS funded healthcare.
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Information41 Sian Thomas
Sian Thomas was appointed director of NHS Employers earlier this year, after 12 months of sharing the role with Alastair Henderson, and has launched the organisation into developing extra services for its members.
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Information42 Dame Carol Black
Professor Dame Carol is the first national director for health and work. She conducted a major review of the health of Britain’s working age population, which emphasised the role of the NHS in maintaining working people’s health and getting the unwell back to work.
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Information43 Nicolaus Henke
As McKinsey’s head of global health systems Nicolaus Henke’s critique of the UK’s system stands on knowledge of what has succeeded and failed around the world.