Jennifer Dixon

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Dame Jennifer Dixon

DBE FRCP FFPH
NationalityBritish
OccupationChief Executive of The Health Foundation

Dame Jennifer Dixon DBE FRCP FFPH is the chief executive of the Health Foundation, a large independent charity in the United Kingdom. [1] [2] Her work has been recognised by several national and international bodies for her significant impact in driving national health policy making.

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Education

Dixon holds a degree in medicine from the University of Bristol, and a Master’s in public health and a PhD in health services research both from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Career

Dixon trained and practiced in paediatric medicine before moving into health policy in 1989. [3] [4] [2] Dixon was awarded a Harkness Fellowship in health policy in 1990, spending a year in New York City. [5] She was policy advisor to the Chief Executive of the National Health Service between 1998 and 2000, [6] Director of Policy at the King's Fund until 2008, [7] [1] where she led the development of the nationally adopted Patients at Risk of Re-hospitalisation (PARR) tool for primary care. [8] [9] Dixon was then Chief Executive of the Nuffield Trust from 2008 to 2013. [10] [11] In 2013 she became Chief Executive of the Health Foundation. Under her leadership, the Health Foundation contributed to a decision by the UK Government to invest an additional £20 billion in the National Health Service (NHS) in 2018 [12] and is publishing on the first of its kind Young People's Future Health Inquiry in 2019. [13]

As a renowned health policy expert, she regularly writes for national newspapers such as The Guardian, [14] [15] [16] Financial Times [17] and Prospect Magazine [18] and is a regular on major current affairs and news programmes such as the BBC [19] and Channel 4 news. [20] Dixon also regularly gives evidence at House of Commons and Lords Select Committees and parliamentary seminars. [21] [22]

Dixon was a trustee of the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) (2011-2016), [23] and has served on the board of the UK's Care Quality Commission (CQC) (2013-2016), [24] the UK's Audit Commission (2003-2012) [25] and the UK's Healthcare Commission (2004-2009). [26]

Dixon led a national enquiry about published ratings of quality of NHS and social care providers in England (2013) [27] [28] and later another enquiry about ratings for general practices (2015). [29] She was also a member of the Parliamentary Review Panel for the Welsh Assembly Government advising on the future strategy for the NHS and social care in Wales (2016–2018). [30]

She has also held visiting professorships at The London School of Economics and Political Sciences (LSE), [31] Imperial College London [1] and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) [32] and co-authored two books on the NHS. [33] [34]

Honours, awards and recognition

Dixon was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2013 Birthday Honours for services to public health [35] and Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to the National Health Service and public health. [36]

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