The BMJ held a breakfast roundtable at the annual health policy summit held by the Nuffield Trust think tank to explore some of the key policy discussions that took place during the proceeding day. These included NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens' five year plan, whether politics can be removed from the NHS, and what the creation of a central unit to coordinate care for Manchester means for the rest of the NHS in England.
Chaired by Fiona Godlee, editor in chief of The BMJ, the particpants were:
Richard Jones - Clinical director of the Wessex Cardiovascular Strategic Clinical Network
Suzie Bailey - Development director at health service regulator Monitor
Jonathan Michael - chief executive of Oxford University Hospital NHS Trust
Steve Field - Chief inspector of general practice for the Care Quality Commission
Nigel Edwards - Chief executive of The Nuffield Trust
Jeremy Taylor - Chief executive of health and care charity National Voices
Massoud Fouladi - Chief medical officer of Circle Partnership
Rebecca Rosen - GP and clinical commissioner of Greenwich Clinical Commissioning Group, London
Jennifer Dixon - Chief executive of the Health Foundation