Abstract

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of the National Health Services, speaks at the Annual CCHSR lecture on ‘Future Directions of the NHS ’.

Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of the National Health Service has held a wide variety of healthcare posts both within the UK and internationally and has served as an adviser to several major political figures, including Tony Blair. He has served in his current position since April 2014 and has received wide acclaim for his expertise within the health sector, having been described as knowing ‘more about NHS problems and market solutions than any man alive’.

The Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research aims to inform policy through evidence-based research on health services in the UK and internationally. It is a collaboration between the Health Services Research Group at the Institute of Public Health, University of Cambridge, and the Health and Healthcare Programme at RAND Europe.