Sir Jonathan Michael“In London, more than 66,000 NHS employees are using the IT systems and services that we have installed. We work closely with NHS employees in London to ensure that the systems we install are right for them. Indeed, over 500 NHS staff helped us develop the community systems that we are rolling out in London”.
Sir Jonathan Michael MB, BS; FRCP (Lond); FKC joined BT Health in June 2007 and brings a wealth of leadership, experience and accomplishment in healthcare from his time both as a physician and a CEO in the NHS.
In 1970, he qualified as a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital Medical School. During the next 10 years he worked in a number of hospitals in and around London, including both St Thomas' and Guy's Hospitals. In 1980 he was appointed Consultant Physician and Nephrologist at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and Honorary Senior Lecturer at Birmingham University. During his 16 years as a practicing consultant he was responsible for the development of what has become the largest kidney dialysis and transplant programme in the UK.
Sir Jonathan became increasingly involved in hospital management during the 1990s, being appointed Clinical Director, then Medical Director and finally in 1996 Chief Executive of the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust. In 2000 he was recruited to the position of Chief Executive of Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals NHS Trust an organisation that he lead to become one of the first wave Foundation Trusts in the NHS. He held this position until May 2007. In addition to this he held a number of regional and national roles including membership of the UK Clinical Research Collaboration Board, Chairmanship of the Board of NHS Innovations (London), Chairmanship of the Association of UK University Hospitals and Chairmanship of the Board of the NHS Foundation Trust Network.
Sir Jonathan was knighted in the New Years Honours in 2005 for services to the NHS.
In the same year he was elected Fellow of Kings College London (FKC) in recognition of his contribution to the relationship between the Health Service and Higher Education. In 2007 Sir Jonathan was appointed by the Secretary of State for Health, to chair an Independent Inquiry into the access to healthcare for children and adults with learning disabilities. The report of that Inquiry was published on 29th July 2008.