All articles by Ben Clover
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Good news/bad news
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsPharma chief to chair trust
High-flyers from the pharma and retail sectors have been appointed to chair two NHS trusts.
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NewsSacked CEO treated ‘unreasonably’ by NHS agency
An NHS agency continued to resist a claim for unfair dismissal from its former chief executive even after it became clear there was no basis to do so, a judge has concluded.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Goodbye Gordon
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsNHSE director sent into consultant-revolt trust
An NHS England director has been appointed chair of a specialist trust where consultants forced out his predecessor.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Freedom to speak up
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsTrust told it could not exclude race row firm from tender
An NHS trust was given legal advice that it could not exclude an IT firm whose owner made racist remarks about an MP from a procurement process which the firm eventually won.
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NewsChair denies bullying and coercive behaviour
The outgoing chair of a hospital trust has denied that she was “bullying or coercive”, despite complaints from consultants.
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NewsThirlwall: Guilty or not there was ‘total failure of safeguarding’ at Letby trust
Lady Thirlwall has rejected calls from senior managers to pause the official inquiry into the deaths of infants at the Countess of Chester Hospital.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: Less money for London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsMaternity unit to be closed despite safety fears
An integrated care board has decided which of the five maternity units on its patch should close despite concerns from clinical leaders the move could increase deaths.
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NewsLegal costs top £4m in bank vs hospital PFI case
Legal costs in a case brought on behalf of Lloyds Bank against an NHS trust in a row over fire safety have topped £4m, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsFormer directors call for Letby inquiry to be paused
Lawyers acting for four former executive directors at the Countess of Chester Hospital have called for the Thirlwall inquiry to be paused while the criminal charges against Lucy Letby are reviewed.
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NewsExclusive: Consultants express no confidence in trust chair and board
Consultants at a prestigious teaching hospital have written a letter of no confidence in its chair and board, and have made a string of serious allegations against members of the trust’s leadership team.
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Expert BriefingThe Download: Keeping the AI devil down in the hole
The fortnightly newsletter that unpacks system leaders’ priorities for digital technology and the impact they are having on delivering health services. This week written by bureau chief Ben Clover. Contact HSJ in confidence here.
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NewsCEO announces new job after less than a year in post
A chief executive is to leave her first CEO role at a community trust to lead an acute provider in the capital.
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Expert BriefingLondon Eye: The (surprising) names linked to England’s top hospital job
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NewsExclusive: Cyber security funding goes missing as attacks increase
Integrated care boards have not received any revenue funding from the national cyber security programme this year, despite a steady increase in online attacks, HSJ can reveal.
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NewsNHSE tech boss decries ‘serious’ impact of job cuts plan
A senior NHS England director has written to staff, apologising for the likely impact of the sizeable job cuts announced by the organisation yesterday, warning they create a “very stark picture” for the service’s digital transformation plans.
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NewsFormer Whitehall mandarin to chair hospital group
A hospital group has appointed a former senior Whitehall figure as its new chair.