Stephen John Field (born 22 June 1959) is a general practitioner and Chairman of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.
Between 2010 and 2016 he chaired the government's National Inclusion Health Board[7] and helped shape cross-government policy and service delivery to ensure that the reforms across health and social care worked for all members of society, including the most vulnerable.
[8] In August 2013 his appointment as the first Chief Inspector of General Practice[9] was announced by the Care Quality Commission; these duties commenced in October 2014.
He was responsible for establishing England's first regulatory system for primary care which included general medical and dental practice, out of hours and the new digital healthcare provision.
He was said by the Health Service Journal to be the fourteenth most powerful person in the English NHS in December 2014.