Former BBC director general Greg Dyke has been named alongside an eclectic list of figures on the national leadership council for the NHS.

Its five patrons are Mr Dyke; former navy commander-in-chief Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns; former John Lewis Partnership chair Sir Stuart Hampson; author Daniel Goleman; and US hospital chief Gary Kaplan.

Mr Dyke said he looked forward to the council’s work.

The council, chaired by NHS chief executive David Nicholson, will have 25 core members and 14 fellows. Five members will act as champions for areas identified as priorities by the council:

  • Clinical leadership - Heart of England foundation trust chief executive Mark Goldman.
  • Board development - NHS West Midlands chair Elisabeth Buggins.
  • Top leaders - NHS East Midlands chief executive Barbara Hakin.
  • Inclusion - Derby City primary care trust chief executive Prem Singh.
  • Emerging leaders - Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive Julian Hartley.

NHS Leadership Council

Patrons

  • Daniel Goleman, author of Emotional Intelligence
  • Greg Dyke, former BBC director general
  • Gary Kaplan, chief executive and chairman, Virginia Mason Medical Centre, Seattle, Washington
  • Sir Stuart Hampson, former chair, John Lewis Partnership
  • Vice Admiral Sir Adrian Johns, former second sea lord and commander-in-chief, naval home command

Core members

  • David Nicholson, NHS chief executive
  • Clare Chapman, Department of Health director general of workforce
  • Elisabeth Buggins, NHS West Midlands chair
  • Mark Goldman, Heart of England foundation trust chief executive
  • Barbara Hakin, NHS East Midlands chief executive
  • Julian Hartley, Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre Hospitals foundation trust chief executive
  • Prem Singh, Derby City PCT chief executive
  • Julie Acred, Derby Hospitals foundation trust chief executive
  • Dame Christine Beasley, DH chief nursing officer
  • John Carvel, social affairs editor, The Guardian
  • Ian Dalton, NHS North East chief executive
  • Carolyn Davison, South Tyneside foundation trust nurse consultant
  • Jim Easton, NHS South Central chief executive
  • Peter Homa, Nottingham University Hospitals trust chief executive
  • Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, NHS medical director
  • Claire Marshall, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospitals head of physiotherapy services
  • Tony Hunter, North East Lincolnshire council chief executive
  • Emma Stanton, DH clinical advisor to chief medical officer
  • Richard Stubbs, Derbyshire County PCT corporate strategy associate director
  • Paula Vasco-Knight, South Devon Healthcare foundation trust chief executive
  • Oliver Warren, Hillingdon Hospital trust specialist registrar in general and colorectal surgery
  • Cynthia Bower, Care Quality Commission chief executive
  • Bill Moyes, Monitor executive chairman
  • Steve Barnett, NHS Confederation chief executive
  • Lay representative (tbc)

Fellows

  • Yasmin Ahmed-Little, NHS North West clinical advisor to chief medical officer
  • Mark Britnell, DH director general of commissioning and system management
  • Andrew Cash, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals foundation trust chief executive
  • Professor Steve Field, Royal College of GPs chairman
  • Jonathan Fielden, Royal Berkshire foundation trust consultant in anaesthesia and intensive care medicine
  • Gareth Goodier, Cambridge University Hospitals foundation trust chief executive
  • Susan James, Walsall Hospitals trust chief executive
  • Jennifer Lee Leggott, Nottingham University Hospitals trust director for operations, nursing, midwifery and service improvement
  • Sir Robert Naylor, University College London Hospitals foundation trust chief executive
  • Robina Shah, Stockport foundation trust chair
  • Professor Jenny Simpson, British Association of Medical Managers chief executive
  • Ranjit Sondhi, Heart of Birmingham teaching PCT chair
  • Janet Soo-Chung, NHS North West leadership academy consultant
  • Antony Sumara, NHS Interim Management and Support chief executive and NHS London director of turnaround

 

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