Dave West
Dave is HSJ’s deputy editor and leads our news and intelligence team. He had won a number of journalism awards for his work at HSJ and was named one of the top 10 journalists on Twitter by the Press Gazette. Over the years he has covered most areas of NHS policy and leadership, but in recent years has mostly focused on NHS England and integration.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 7608 9084
- Email:
- dave.west@hsj.co.uk
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Cutting the right things
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
Regulators battling 'overlapping remits and confusion'
A watchdog today called for simplification of health and social care regulation, saying “it’s really quite challenging to get the health and social care regulators into one room” because there are so many.
- News
Local care budgets could be blocked under tougher NHSE scrutiny
NHS England regional teams are being encouraged to block NHS better care fund spending unless commissioners provide more evidence it will help with hospital discharge and bed capacity.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Abolishing NHS England
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
Two more bankers join NHSE board
Two more people with finance sector backgrounds have been appointed as NHS England associate non-executive directors.
- News
Exclusive: social care waiting times revealed for first time in a decade
Older people are routinely enduring hidden waits of several months to get essential care and support, according to new figures obtained from government.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: ‘Prizes for performance’ could be here to stay
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Doing more to fix general practice
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
NHSE not recruiting to 900 vacancies despite staff ‘frustration’
NHS England will “hold back” nearly 900 posts in its new structure, despite many staff currently being at risk of redundancy and looking to apply for the roles, it says in a note leaked to HSJ.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Why the NHS is cutting pooled budgets
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
Ex-minister and ‘Compare the Market’ chief join NHSE board
A former Conservative minister, GP leader, business chief, and an eminent healthcare scientist are joining the NHS England board, nearly a year after the non-executive director posts were advertised.
- News
ICS picks permanent CEO
An integrated care system has appointed a substantive chief executive after her predecessor joined NHS England.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: What the DHSC restructure means
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
Exclusive: National agency ‘decimated’ in DHSC restructure
Ministers have “effectively dismantled” England’s national public health unit less than three years after creating it, sparking criticism from a former Tory health minister and sector leaders, HSJ has learned.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: Revamping ICB ratings
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- Expert Briefing
The Integrator: New model neighbourhood
Insider tales and must-read analysis on how integration is reshaping health and care systems, NHS providers, primary care, and commissioning. This week by deputy editor Dave West.
- News
NHSE announces eight new directors
NHS England has announced 19 national clinical director appointments, eight of whom are new to the role, including for stroke and maternity services.
- News
Doctors who worked during strike thanked by NHSE chief
Amanda Pritchard has thanked junior doctors who “returned to work to ensure minimum levels of cover” during last week’s strike, “whether or not formal patient safety mitigations were granted” by their union, along with others who helped “keep patients safe”.
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London gets well over ‘fair share’ of specialised services while rural areas miss out
People in some more rural areas are missing out on specialist treatments they should be getting, while Londoners are receiving a lot more than their “fair share”, new NHS England figures suggest.
- News
Health policy chief made a dame
A health think tank chief has been made a dame and a health department mandarin given a CB in the new year’s honours.