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EPISODE · May 8, 2026 · 43 MIN

The story behind HSJ’s Top 50 CEOs

from HSJ Health Check · host HSJ

This week we talk in more detail about HSJ’s Top 50 CEOs – not only who topped our annual ranking of hospital leaders, but also interesting trends from this year and beyond, and a behind the scenes from the judging.We cover the surprising new entries, why a third of individual chief executives included in the rankings over the last 12 editions have appeared just once, and why London and ambulance trusts are finally coming out top.The full top 50 can be viewed here.

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