• Skip to main content
  • Skip to navigation
HSJ
HSJ Intelligence | HSJ Solutions
Return to home page
HSJ logo
HSJ
Dave West

How politicians took back control of the NHS, Part 2

Mast navigation
  • Register
  • Sign In
  • Subscribe
Search our site
Menu
Close menu
  • Home
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Home
    • News
    • Daily Insight
    • Expert Briefings
    • CEO Interviews
    • HSJ Health Check podcast
    • HSJ Solutions - NHS Best Practice Database
  • Ask HSJ
  • Sectors
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Sectors
    • Integrated care
    • Acute care
    • Primary care
    • Community services
    • Mental health
    • Emergency care
  • Topics
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Topics
    • Finance and efficiency
    • Quality and performance
    • Workforce
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Workforce
      • People Moves
    • Policy and regulation
    • Service redesign
    • Technology and innovation
    • Patient safety
    • Health inequalities
  • Local
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Local
    • Providers
    • Regions
    • ICSs
  • Comment
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Comment
    • Julian Patterson
    • National Voices 'takeover'
    • National Care Forum collection
  • Interactive
  • Events
  • Jobs
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • Jobs
    • Search HSJjobs
    • Leadership Q&A
    • People Moves
    • Courses
  • All Products
    • Back to parent navigation item
    • All Products
    • Subscription Options
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • Subscription Options
      • HSJ Expert Briefings
      • CEO Interviews
    • Team Access
    • HSJ Membership
    • HSJ Solutions - NHS Best Practice Database
    • HSJ Intelligence - Insight for NHS Suppliers
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • HSJ Intelligence - Insight for NHS Suppliers
      • What is HSJ Intelligence
      • HSJ Intelligence
    • HSJ Jobs
    • HSJ Events
    • About Us
      • Back to parent navigation item
      • About Us
      • Contact Us
      • HSJ App
    • Subscription FAQs
  • Subscribe
  • Home
      • News
      • Daily Insight
      • Expert Briefings
      • CEO Interviews
      • HSJ Health Check podcast
      • HSJ Solutions - NHS Best Practice Database
    • hsj catchup logo small
      HSJ Weekly Catch-up: Big demands, high performers and low returns
    • Hsj daily insight logo
      Daily Insight: The £3m exercise without answers
    • Hsj daily insight logo
      Daily Insight: The buck stops with them
  • Ask HSJ
  • Sectors
      • Integrated care
      • Acute care
      • Primary care
      • Community services
      • Mental health
      • Emergency care
    • Alastair McLellan 2023
      Why Claire Murdoch quit
    • Black baby
      ‘Serious risk of imminent breakdown’ for maternity units, admits NHSE
    • job_opportunities.JPG
      £114k performance bonus for new DHSC commercial director
  • Topics
      • Finance and efficiency
      • Quality and performance
      • Workforce
        • People Moves
      • Policy and regulation
      • Service redesign
      • Technology and innovation
      • Patient safety
      • Health inequalities
    • Alastair McLellan 2023
      Why Claire Murdoch quit
    • Black baby
      ‘Serious risk of imminent breakdown’ for maternity units, admits NHSE
  • Local
      • Providers
      • Regions
      • ICSs
  • Comment
      • Julian Patterson
      • National Voices 'takeover'
      • National Care Forum collection
    • Tim gardner 3x2
      What really matters to the public about the NHS
    • Rob findlay
      Waiting list veers off track
    • DavidW 2 HR
      The 366 words that could reshape the NHS
  • Interactive
    • Interactive
      HSJ Partners
      Webinars
      Roundtables
      Immersive Features
      Top leader lists
      Supplement Archive
      HSJ Health Check podcast
       
  • Events
    • Our Events
      Congress
      Forums
      Summits
      All Events

      Our Awards
      HSJ Awards
      Partnership
      Digital
      Patient Safety
      All Awards

      Our Webinars
      All Webinars


      15/09/2025 - 16/09/2025
      Manchester

      The HSJ Patient Safety Congress brings together over 1000 attendees with the shared goal of pushing the boundaries of patient safety in the UK. Hear from patient advocates on an equal platform and leave with practical ideas to take back to your organisation.


      16/10/2025
      London

      The HSJ Medicines Forum brings together senior leaders responsible for establishing the new medicines and prescribing operating framework across the ICS


      09/10/2025 - 10/10/2025
      Chester

      This summit brings together top-tier leaders from across healthcare to share insights, debate challenges, and explore actionable strategies for achieving the ambitious goals of the 10-year plan.

  • Jobs
      • Search HSJjobs
      • Leadership Q&A
      • People Moves
      • Courses
    • Find your next career
      move with HSJ

      cv illustration

      Search vacancies, upload your CV and get jobs by email

      Discover our job
      advertising opportunities

      HSJ Jobs Adverts

      Advertise standard listings to
      leadership packages and more.

  • All Products
      • Subscription Options
        • HSJ Expert Briefings
        • CEO Interviews
      • Team Access
      • HSJ Membership
      • HSJ Solutions - NHS Best Practice Database
      • HSJ Intelligence - Insight for NHS Suppliers
        • What is HSJ Intelligence
        • HSJ Intelligence
      • HSJ Jobs
      • HSJ Events
      • About Us
        • Contact Us
        • HSJ App
      • Subscription FAQs
  • Subscribe
    • Individual Access

      Indi sub v2
      Get unrestricted access to breaking news and exclusive insight that can support you in your role in healthcare

      Team/Group Access

      HSJ Mockup
      Provide your teams with the information they need to lead your strategy and initiatives forward

      HSJ Membership

      HSJ Membership
      Find out about our advanced subscription package designed for NHS organisations
  • More from navigation items

First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis

1
First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis
  • 1
    First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis
  • 2
    Simon Stevens' first interview: the transcript
  • 3
    Analysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?
  • 4
    Mike Farrar: Centralising specialist care will build public confidence
  • 5
    The solid foundations desperately needed by the NHS are set
Integrated care

First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis

2014-06-02T09:36:00+01:00

  • No comments

We have published further analysis of, reaction to, and the full transcript of the first major interview in post with Simon Stevens.

Read:

  • First interview with Simon Stevens: the transcript
  • First interview with Simon Stevens: The reaction
  • Analysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?

 

More from Simon Steven’s first interview

  • Simon Stevens’ first interview: parts of the NHS must be ‘completely reinvented’
  • NHS England seeks to drop safety, revalidation and technology
  • Stevens backs patient choice ‘wherever possible’ in NHS
  • Stevens steps back from ‘15 specialist centres’ plan
  • Simon Stevens on finance and health secretaries
  • Leader: Simon Stevens knows what difference he can make to the NHS
  • Nigel Edwards: Leaders need to embrace Stevens’ challenge to the old ways
  • Mike Birtwistle: If I were a politician I’d watch Simon Stevens like a hawk

Topics

  • Commissioning
  • NHS England (Commissioning Board)
  • No comments

First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis

  • 1
    Simon_Stevens3Currently reading

    First interview with Simon Stevens: transcript, reaction and analysis

  • 2
    Simon Stevens

    Simon Stevens' first interview: the transcript

  • 3
    Simon Stevens

    Analysis: What did Stevens really say about small and community hospitals?

  • 4
    Mike Farrar

    Mike Farrar: Centralising specialist care will build public confidence

  • 5
    Chris Hopson

    The solid foundations desperately needed by the NHS are set

Related articles

  • RTT Map July
    News

    Mapped: RTT waiting times

    2025-09-12T14:11:00Z By Rob Findlay

    An interactive map of local NHS waits around England in July 2025, showing the pressures, with links to all the details by organisation and specialty.

  • Patient Safety Watch logo
    Expert Briefing

    Patient Safety Watch: Will league tables lead to hitting the target but missing the point?

    2025-09-12T08:40:00Z By Jeremy Hunt

    HSJ hosts the Patient Safety Watch newsletter, written by Patient Safety Watch chair Jeremy Hunt

  • job_opportunities.JPG
    News

    £114k performance bonus for new DHSC commercial director

    2025-09-12T04:22:00Z By Jack Serle

    The Department of Health and Social Care’s new director general for commercial and growth could receive annual remuneration of £342,000 if they are awarded their full bonus.

No comments yet

You're not signed in.

Only registered users can comment on this article.

Sign in Register

More from Integrated care

  • Karin Smyth 2020
    News

    First ICB mergers approved

    2025-09-10T11:52:00Z By Mimi Launder

    Seven new integrated care board footprints will come into effect next spring, the government has announced.

  • Gesticulating hands in meeting
    News

    Regional CEOs to ‘manage’ health systems, says NHSE

    2025-09-10T04:07:00Z By Mimi Launder

    The CEOs of seven reformed NHS regions are to be made directly responsible for “the success of the health system they manage”, according to the new “blueprint” for their future.

  • empty board room meeting
    News

    ICB cluster chairs revealed

    2025-09-02T12:13:00Z By Mimi Launder and Zoe Tidman

    All “clustered” integrated care boards have appointed a chair, HSJ can reveal.

  • Advertise
  • Awards
  • Events
  • Contact Us
  • Download the app
  • HSJ Partners
  • Membership
  • Subscribe
Connect with HSJ
  • Terms And Conditions
  • Accessibility Statement
  • Privacy Policy
  • Sustainability & ESG Reporting
  • Subscriptions FAQ
  • © 2025 HSJ Information Ltd

Part of HSJ Information Ltd. 5th Floor, Aldgate Tower, 2 Leman Street, London E1 8FA. Registered in England and Wales. Company registration 2530185

Site powered by Webvision Cloud