Lawrence Dunhill
| Lawrence joined HSJ in May 2015, after four years reporting on the NHS for regional newspapers in Lancashire and Buckinghamshire. He was shortlisted for the regional journalist of the year award by the Medical Journalists Association in 2014, and for a national award by the Professional Publishers Association in 2017. Nationally, his work is focused on finance and funding, while the areas he covers are Greater Manchester, Merseyside and Lancashire. |
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 7608 9058
- Email:
- lawrence.dunhill@wilmingtonhealthcare.com
Expert BriefingNorth by North West: The region’s most important job
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
- HSJ Local
New chair appointed for mega-trust
A new chair has been appointed to what will be one of the largest NHS trusts in the north of England, after an incumbent candidate was rejected for the role.
- News
Largest land sales revealed
New data suggests there was no significant rise in land sales by the NHS in 2018-19, despite the government relying on an uplift in receipts to fund new investment.
- HSJ Local
FT loses £59m windfall to other trusts
An NHS trust that was expecting receive around £59m of national incentive funding has instead seen the money distributed to dozens of other providers.
- News
Trust deficit shrinks but NHSI reports large underlying shortfall
One-off benefits helped the NHS provider sector report an improved financial deficit for 2018-19 – but the underlying position worsened by £700m.
- HSJ Local
New CEO pledges to end ‘blame culture’ at troubled trust
The new chief executive of Lancashire’s troubled mental health provider has pledged to tackle a culture in which clinicians feel blamed for errors.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Bill McCarthy's top priorities
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
- News
Exclusive: Naylor criticises new raid on NHS capital budgets
The first year of the government’s much-vaunted five-year NHS funding deal has been part funded by a fresh raid on cash intended for capital investment in the service’s buildings and facilities, it has emerged.
- HSJ Local
Inquiry to examine 150 deaths at scandal trust
A second independent inquiry into the former Liverpool Community Health Trust has been announced by ministers this morning, and is expected to investigate around 150 deaths.
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More STPs being 'milked' to bail out neighbours
More health systems are being asked to bailout their neighbours after national regulators introduced new regional financial targets, HSJ has learned.
- Expert Briefing
Following the Money: The new NHS CFO inherits a tinderbox
HSJ’s expert briefing on NHS finances, savings and efforts to get the health service back in the black.
- HSJ Local
FTs discuss potential merger
Two providers in the north west have begun talks about merging, amid wider plans to improve integration across services.
- News
Providers warn of 'mutiny' over capital spending curbs
Trust and foundation trust bosses have warned of potential “mutiny” over efforts from national bodies to cut their planned spending on building and maintenance projects.
- News
Exclusive: Government pledges more NHS bailouts amid growing audit concerns
The government has intervened to reassure NHS trusts they will continue to be bailed out, following increasing concerns from auditors over their operational viability, HSJ has learned.
- HSJ Local
Trust in talks over running five GP practices
An acute trust in the north west is in talks over running several GP practices on its patch, HSJ has learned.
- HSJ Local
Health system's culture problem goes from 'board to floor'
A culture which saw health and care leaders in Lancashire “take pleasure” in difficulties experienced by their peers had “a direct impact on front line service delivery” and may have contributed to service users attempting suicide, a review has concluded.
- Expert Briefing
North by North West: Festering relationships harm patients
Essential insight into NHS matters in the North West of England, with a particular focus on the devolution project in Greater Manchester. Contact me in confidence here.
- HSJ Local
Revealed: Why one county saw a third of all 12-hour A&E breaches
Two reviews have uncovered a catalogue of problems with Lancashire’s mental health services, which have led to patients being unlawfully detained in seclusion rooms and a crisis situation developing in the county’s emergency departments.
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Senior A&E medics 'ashamed' of trust execs
Consultants have written to a teaching trust’s directors and taken to social media to raise concerns about its struggling emergency services, which have been among the worst performing in England against the four-hour target.
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Exclusive: NHSE/I orders trusts to cut capital funding bids
NHS trusts have been told they are asking for too much capital funding and to scale back their ambitions for next year.
