Lawrence Dunhill
Lawrence joined HSJ in May 2015, after several years reporting on the NHS for regional newspapers, mainly in Lancashire. He reports on the North West region, but also specialises in national policy and finances.
He was named specialist journalist of the year at the Press Gazette’s British Journalism Awards in 2020, for his work reporting on the coronavirus pandemic, and won 'scoop of the year' at the British Society of Magazine Editors awards in 2021.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 7608 9058
- Email:
- lawrence.dunhill@hsj.co.uk
- HSJ Local
Trust scraps ex-chair’s building tribute after ‘legacy reassessment’
Plans to name a new major trauma centre after a long-serving trust chair were scrapped after a reassessment of his legacy, HSJ has been told.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Running rings around the ICB
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- News
ICSs where staffing has grown by a quarter revealed
The NHS increased its substantive workforce by around 18 per cent over the past four years, which was almost double the rate of increase over the previous period.
- HSJ Local
‘Systematic’ cuts to private activity planned by stricken ICS
A health system with one of the largest elective backlogs in the country will implement a “systematic reduction” of its dependency on private hospitals, as part of a bid to cut costs.
- News
New crackdown on ICSs that ‘discourage’ referrals to private hospitals
NHS England will begin monitoring and benchmarking systems on the extent to which patients are given the option to be treated by a private provider.
- HSJ Local
Boss of ICS that suffered dramatic financial collapse seconded to NHSE
The chief financial officer of a health system that missed its plan by £180m has moved to a secondment role at NHS England.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Funding still pending as new hospital opens
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- HSJ Local
NHSE should intervene in trust safety investigation, says inquiry chair
The chair of the major inquiry into rogue surgeon Ian Paterson has raised concerns over a separate patient recall process conducted by Salford Royal Hospital, and suggested NHS England should intervene.
- HSJ Local
Referrals to largest private provider halted
A health system has stopped sending mental health patients to the country’s largest single provider of out-of-area placements.
- News
Ex-DH boss takes NHS and data firm jobs
A former candidate to be NHS England’s chief executive has been appointed to chair a health innovation network, as well as to a board role at a data and AI company.
- HSJ Local
CEO threatened with sack after ICS’s financial meltdown
A local system chief executive who warned integrated care boards lacked the power to hold trusts to account has effectively been threatened with being sacked because of poor performance by providers.
- HSJ Local
Providers to restart merger talks despite ‘resistance’
Talks over the potential merger of two North West trusts are being revived, despite resistance from one of the providers, sources have told HSJ.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Patient safety or administrative convenience?
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- HSJ Local
ICS £230m in the red hails ‘positive’ financial performance
Leaders in Lancashire and South Cumbria searched for positives as they were told the integrated care system would miss its financial plan by £150m.
- HSJ Local
Influential CEO retires after tripling size of trust
One of the longest-serving chief executives has announced his retirement following a 12-year stint in which his trust has tripled in size.
- News
Redundancy scheme to cut corporate staff by 14%
Multiple hospitals are launching redundancy schemes or plans to freeze recruitment for corporate and non-clinical staff, in a bid to meet their financial expectations in 2024–25.
- News
Exclusive: Regions most in need of doctors still missing out under NHS workforce plan
The regions with the greatest need for more medical trainees are benefiting the least from the early years of the NHS workforce plan, HSJ analysis shows.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Same culprits on handover delays
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- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Skin in the game
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North by North West: Coming up with the wrong answer
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