Alan Milburn is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Darlington from 1992 to 2010. A member of the Labour Party,he served for five years in the Cabinet,first as Chief Secretary to the Treasury from 1998 to 1999,and subsequently as Secretary of State for Health until 2003,when he resigned. He briefly rejoined the Cabinet as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in order to manage Labour's 2005 re-election campaign. He did not seek re-election in the 2010 election. Milburn was chair of the Social Mobility Commission from 2012 to 2017. Since 2015,he has been Chancellor of Lancaster University.
Stephen James Dorrell is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He served as the Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for Loughborough between 1979 and 1997 and then for Charnwood from 1997 to 2015.
Paul Kenneth Burstow is a British former politician who served as the Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Sutton and Cheam for 18 years,from 1997 to 2015,when he was defeated by Paul Scully.
Andrew David Lansley,Baron Lansley,is a British Conservative politician who previously served as Secretary of State for Health and Leader of the House of Commons. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for South Cambridgeshire from 1997 to 2015.
Helena Ann Kennedy,Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws,is a Scottish barrister,broadcaster,and Labour member of the House of Lords. She was Principal of Mansfield College,Oxford,from 2011 to 2018. A Bencher of Gray's Inn,an Honorary Writer to the Signet and the recipient of 42 Honorary Degrees from many universities including those of Glasgow and Edinburgh in recognition of work on women and the law and on widening participation in higher education. She is President of Justice,the law reform think tank,and is also director of the International Bar Association's Institute of Human Rights. In 2024,Kennedy succeeded Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury as Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom.
Margot Cathleen James is a British politician who served as Minister of State for Digital and Creative Industries from 2018 to 2019. She was Member of Parliament (MP) for Stourbridge from 2010 to 2019. Elected as a Conservative,she had the whip removed in September 2019 and,after having the whip restored,stood down as an MP prior to the upcoming general election.
Rosemary Elizabeth Cooper is a British health official and former politician. Cooper was a Liberal and later Liberal Democrat member of the Liverpool City Council from 1973 until 1999,when she joined the Labour Party. After leaving the council the following year,she was the Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Lancashire from 2005 until her resignation in 2022,when she was named chair of the Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. In 2018,she was the victim of attempted murder by Jack Renshaw.
David Gifford Leathes Prior,Baron Prior of Brampton is the former chairman of NHS England and chairman of University College Hospital. He served as Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) for North Norfolk from 1997 until the 2001 general election,when he lost his seat to Norman Lamb of the Liberal Democrats by 483 votes. In 2015,he was appointed as a life peer in the House of Lords.
Ara Warkes Darzi,Baron Darzi of Denham is an Armenian-British surgeon,academic,and politician.
The National Health Service (NHS) is the publicly funded healthcare system in England,and one of the four National Health Service systems in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest single-payer healthcare system in the world after the Brazilian Sistema Único de Saúde. Primarily funded by the government from general taxation,and overseen by the Department of Health and Social Care,the NHS provides healthcare to all legal English residents and residents from other regions of the UK,with most services free at the point of use for most people. The NHS also conducts research through the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR).
The National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom,comprising the NHS in England,NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". The original three systems were established in 1948 as part of major social reforms following the Second World War. The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive,universal and free at the point of delivery. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services,provided without charge for residents of the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care. In England,NHS patients have to pay prescription charges;some,such as those aged over 60,or those on certain state benefits,are exempt.
Sarah Wollaston is a British former Liberal Democrat politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Totnes from 2010 to 2019. First elected for the Conservative Party,she later served as a Change UK and Liberal Democrat MP. She was chair of the Health Select Committee from 2014 to 2019 and chair of the Liaison Committee from 2017 to 2019.
Tim Kelsey is an English-Australian business executive. He is CEO of Beamtree,,an Australian healthcare company (ASX:BMT) based in Sydney,Australia. He started in the role in December 2020.
Dame Sally Claire Davies is a British physician. She was the Chief Medical Officer from 2010 to 2019 and Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Health from 2004 to 2016. She worked as a clinician specialising in the treatment of diseases of the blood and bone marrow. She is now Master of Trinity College,Cambridge,appointed on 8 February 2019,with effect from 8 October 2019. She is one of the founders of the National Institute for Health and Care Research.
Kennedy Scholarships provide full funding for up to ten British post-graduate students to study at either Harvard University or the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Susan Hockfield,the sixteenth president of MIT,described the scholarship program as a way to "offer exceptional students unique opportunities to broaden their intellectual and personal horizons,in ways that are more important than ever in an era defined by global interaction.". In 2007,163 applications were received,of which 10 were ultimately selected,for an acceptance rate of 6.1%.
The National Health Action Party (NHA) is a political party in the United Kingdom.
Lucy Elizabeth Allan is a British politician who served as the member of Parliament (MP) for Telford from the 2015 general election,until standing down at the 2024 general election. Before being elected as an MP for the Conservative Party,she was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012.
Simon Laurence Stevens,Lord Stevens of Birmingham is Chair of the UK Maritime and Coastguard Agency,Chair of Cancer Research UK,Chair of King's College London,and an independent member of the House of Lords. In Parliament he focuses on defence and international relations,science,the environment,health,and higher education policy. Stevens was for seven years previously Chief Executive of NHS England. Earlier in his career he was senior policy adviser to the Prime Minister,a senior executive in the private sector,and worked internationally including in Guyana,Malawi,and the United States.
Kate Miriam Granger was an English geriatrician and campaigner for better patient care. In 2011 she was diagnosed with desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor (DSRCT),a type of sarcoma,and subsequently started the "#hellomynameis" campaign encouraging healthcare staff to introduce themselves to patients. Granger also raised over £250,000 for local cancer charity,the Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal.
Mahiben Maruthappu is a British physician,entrepreneur,academic researcher and health policy specialist. He co-founded Cera,a home healthcare company and one of the largest social care providers in the UK. He was the founder and first President of the United Kingdom Medical Students' Association (UKMSA). He co-founded the National Health Service (NHS) Innovation Accelerator (NIA),a program that accelerates the adoption of new healthcare technologies,and served as NHS England's Innovation Adviser. He has contributed to more than 60 research papers in peer-reviewed journals.
