Ben Clover
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NHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week's junior doctors strike, some of the NHS's most senior trust chief executives have warned. → Read More
Trust spent £680k in failed attempt to fight whistleblower
A trust spent £460,000 on legal fees trying to fight a patient safety whistleblowing case that it lost, it can be revealed. → Read More
London Eye: Tooting or Waterloo?
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
‘Local management’ harder in ‘enormous’ trusts, says new NHS Providers chief
The new chief executive of NHS Providers has told HSJ he will champion the development of provider collaboratives in the role, and stressed there is no 'schism' between them and integrated care systems. → Read More
London Eye: Where’s the harm?
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
London Eye: Catastrophic failure, but not the trust you’d expect
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
NHS set to miss cancer backlog target three years running, NHSE plans reveal
NHS England has effectively admitted the backlog of cancer long-waiters will still be higher in March 2024 than before covid hit, in a document seen by HSJ. → Read More
Record waits for endoscopy as referrals soar
The waiting list for endoscopies has broken the record set during the height of the covid pandemic, as referrals for suspected colorectal cancer surged, HSJ analysis shows. → Read More
Trust spends £3m on B&B rooms for patients stuck in hospital
A mental health trust has spent millions this year on places in "bed and breakfast" accommodation in order to discharge inpatients, HSJ has learned. → Read More
Trust must pay £200k to whistleblower it subjected to ‘campaign of harassment’
A trust that sacked a whistleblower who had warned them about potential patient harm from a new procedure has been told to pay her more than £200,000. → Read More
London Eye: Priced out of the market
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
Long cancer waits hit record high, despite drop in backlog
The number of people waiting for cancer diagnosis and treatment for more than three months has passed 12,000 for the first time. → Read More
NHSE names new regional director
A new interim NHS England regional director has been appointed for London. → Read More
London Eye: Different dog, same bark
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
Pandemic collaboration ‘no longer exists’ between NHS and private hospitals
The collaboration seen between the independent sector and the NHS during the peaks of the pandemic "doesn't exist any more", the boss of one of the UK's largest private hospital companies has said. → Read More
Ambulance strike threatens ‘different magnitude of risk’
The ambulance staff strike next week represents a far higher risk to patient safety and services than the nurses' strike, but a blanket elective ban will only be used as "an absolute last resort", a senior NHS England director said today. → Read More
Ambulance strike is hospitals' nightmare before Christmas
Essential insight into England's biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover. → Read More
New theatres seven years late after trust ends novel device supplier deal
A hospital trust faces a long delay to a major capital project after pulling out of an unusual partnership with a medical device supplier. → Read More
Stubborn cancer backlog at record high
The number of people waiting more than two months to start cancer treatment remained over 30,000 - double the pre-covid level - for three months to the end of October, according to data published this morning. → Read More
‘Rubbish’ government Strep A comms blamed for flooding services
'Rubbish' communications on Group A Strep from government agencies made A&Es more 'risky' over the weekend, after services were flooded with the 'worried well', several senior provider sources have told HSJ. → Read More