Professor Sir Chris Ham
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Emeritus professor of health policy and management at the University of Birmingham, Birmingham
Chris Ham is Emeritus Professor of Health Policy and Management at the University of Birmingham and co-chair of the NHS Assembly.
He was chief executive of The King’s Fund between 2010 and 2018 and has served on a number of NHS boards. He was awarded a CBE for services to the NHS in 2004 and a knighthood for services to health policy and management in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018. He has worked at the interface of research and health policy, including serving as the director of the strategy unit in the Department of Health in London between 2000 and 2004. He is the author of over twenty books and numerous articles in scientific journals.
Chris has acted as an adviser to a number of international agencies including the World Health Organisation and the World Bank. He has also advised parliamentary committees in the UK, the Audit Commission, the National Audit Office, and professional bodies such as the Royal College of Physicians, the British Dental Association and the British Medical Association. He has served on the boards of the Health Foundation, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Chris is a founding fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a former vice-president of the Patients’ Association. He is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and The Royal College of General Practitioners.
Chris currently works with integrated care systems and national bodies such as the NHS Confederation on improving health and care at scale and advises on leadership and governance issues. Recent publications include:
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2023-11/Improving-health-and-care-at-scale-Chris-Ham.pdf
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2022-02/Governing%20the%20health%20and%20care%20system%20in%20England.pdf
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2023-01/Accountability-and-autonomy-in-the-NHS-in-England_4.pdf
He was chief executive of The King’s Fund between 2010 and 2018 and has served on a number of NHS boards. He was awarded a CBE for services to the NHS in 2004 and a knighthood for services to health policy and management in the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2018. He has worked at the interface of research and health policy, including serving as the director of the strategy unit in the Department of Health in London between 2000 and 2004. He is the author of over twenty books and numerous articles in scientific journals.
Chris has acted as an adviser to a number of international agencies including the World Health Organisation and the World Bank. He has also advised parliamentary committees in the UK, the Audit Commission, the National Audit Office, and professional bodies such as the Royal College of Physicians, the British Dental Association and the British Medical Association. He has served on the boards of the Health Foundation, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation, and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Chris is a founding fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, a fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine, and a former vice-president of the Patients’ Association. He is also an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of London and The Royal College of General Practitioners.
Chris currently works with integrated care systems and national bodies such as the NHS Confederation on improving health and care at scale and advises on leadership and governance issues. Recent publications include:
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2023-11/Improving-health-and-care-at-scale-Chris-Ham.pdf
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2022-02/Governing%20the%20health%20and%20care%20system%20in%20England.pdf
https://www.nhsconfed.org/system/files/2023-01/Accountability-and-autonomy-in-the-NHS-in-England_4.pdf
