# Chris Ham

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**Sir Chris Ham** (born 15 May 1951),[1] is a [health policy](/source/Health_policy) academic who started life as a political scientist. He was chief executive of the [King's Fund](/source/King's_Fund) from 2010 to 2018. He was professor of health policy and management at [University of Birmingham](/source/University_of_Birmingham)'s [health services management](/source/Health_services_management) centre from 1992 to 2010. He was seconded to the [Department of Health](/source/Department_of_Health_and_Social_Care) where he was Director of the Strategy Unit working with [Alan Milburn](/source/Alan_Milburn) and [John Reid](/source/John_Reid,_Baron_Reid_of_Cardowan) until 2004.[2]

He was said to be "unrivalled in his ability to distil and synthesise complex policy developments and present them in a clear and digestible manner for non-specialists" in 1999.[3] He is frequently called upon to chair large conferences on [health policy in England](/source/Health_policy_in_England).

He was said by the *[Health Service Journal](/source/Health_Service_Journal)* to be the 38th most powerful person in the [English NHS](/source/English_NHS) in December 2013.[4]

He was appointed CBE in 2004 and in the June [2018 Birthday Honours](/source/2018_Birthday_Honours) he was knighted for his services.

He was appointed as independent chair of the [Coventry and Warwickshire](/source/Healthcare_in_West_Midlands) sustainability and transformation partnership in January 2019.[5] He is also Co-Chair of the NHS Assembly and a non-executive director of the [Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust](/source/Royal_Free_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust).[6]

## Publications

- *Working together for Health: achievements and challenges in the Kaiser NHS Beacon Sites Programme*, 2010
- *Transforming the Delivery of Health and Social Care: The Case for Fundamental Change* with Anna Dixon and Beatrice Brooke, 2012
- *Commissioning integrated care in a liberated NHS*, 2011
- *Health policy in Britain* (6 Editions)
- *The Politics of NHS Reform, 1988-97: Metaphor or Reality?*, 2000
- *Management and Competition in the NHS*, 1997
- *The Policy Process in the Modern Capitalist State*, with Michael Hill (Jan 1993)

## References

1. ["Birthday's today"](https://web.archive.org/web/20130515061228/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-5-15.html). *[The Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph)*. 15 May 2013. Archived from [the original](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2013-5-15.html) on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2014. Prof Chris Ham, Chief Executive, The King's Fund, 62

1. ["Chris Ham (1992-2010)"](http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/social-policy/departments/health-services-management-centre/events/fortieth-celebrations/ham-chris.aspx). University of Birmingham. Retrieved 19 April 2014.

1. ["Distilled, aged and distinctive"](http://www.hsj.co.uk/news/distilled-aged-and-distinctive/31460.article#.UuQ-0bTLdEY). *Health Service Journal*. 11 November 1999. Retrieved 25 January 2014.

1. ["HSJ100 2013 The annual list of the most influential people in health"](http://www.hsj.co.uk/leadership/hsj-100/). *[Health Service Journal](/source/Health_Service_Journal)*. 11 December 2013. Retrieved 14 December 2013.

1. ["King's Fund chief to chair STP"](https://www.hsj.co.uk/workforce/kings-fund-chief-to-chair-stp-/7024040.article). *Health Service Journal*. 14 December 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.

1. ["Posts by Professor Sir Chris Ham"](https://www.england.nhs.uk/author/chris-ham/). NHS England. 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

## External links

- [Kings Fund](http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/about-us/whos-who/chris-ham)

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