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1951May, 15

Chris Ham

Chris Ham, English political scientist and academic
Sir Chris Ham (born 15 May 1951), is a health policy academic who started life as a political scientist. He was chief executive of the King's Fund from 2010 to 2018. He was professor of health policy and management at University of Birmingham's health services management centre from 1992 to 2010. He was seconded to the Department of Health where he was Director of the Strategy Unit working with Alan Milburn and John Reid until 2004.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. He is frequently called upon to chair large conferences on health policy in England.

He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the 38th most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2013.In the June 2018 Birthday Honours he was appointed a CBE for his services.

He was appointed as independent chair of the Coventry and Warwickshire sustainability and transformation partnership in January 2019.

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Events on 1951

  • 11Apr

    President Truman's relief of General Douglas MacArthur

    Korean War: President Harry Truman relieves General of the Army Douglas MacArthur of overall command in Korea.
  • 22Apr

    Battle of Kapyong

    Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • 25Apr

    Battle of Kapyong

    Korean War: Assaulting Chinese forces are forced to withdraw after heavy fighting with UN forces, primarily made up of Australian and Canadian troops, at the Battle of Kapyong.
  • 3May

    Harry Truman

    The United States Senate Committee on Armed Services and United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations begin their closed door hearings into the dismissal of General Douglas MacArthur by U.S. President Harry Truman.
  • 15Oct

    Combined oral contraceptive pill

    Mexican chemist Luis E. Miramontes conducts the very last step of the first synthesis of norethisterone, the progestin that would later be used in one of the first three oral contraceptives.