Sir Jonathan Michael received a knighthood in the New Years Honours list on 1 January 2005.

Since 2000 he has been the chief executive of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Trust where he received his medical training, qualifying in 1970, before his 20 year career as a clinical nephrologist. He spent much of his medical career at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham is an NHS hospital in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, situated very close to the University of Birmingham. The hospital, which cost £545 million to construct, opened in June 2010 replacing the previous Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Selly Oak Hospital...

, before becoming first medical director and chief executive of University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust

University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

The University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust provides adult district general hospital services for South Birmingham as well as specialist treatments for the West Midlands.The trust comprises three hospitals on two sites, which are 1.5 miles apart...

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In 2007 he became the head of British Telecom's Health division. In 2010 it was announced that he would be moving back into the NHS as Chief Executive of Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust

John Radcliffe Hospital

The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, England.It is the main teaching hospital for Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. As such, it is a well-developed centre of medical research. It also incorporates the Medical School of the University of Oxford....

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