All articles by Ben Clover – Page 9
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Publish the priority scores for elective waits
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Tougher cancer target considered by ministers
Government is considering setting a tougher cancer diagnostic target as part of its declared ‘war on cancer’, HSJ has been told.
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Deputy chief gets England’s biggest hospital job
UPDATED: The deputy chief executive of Barts Health Trust has been promoted to be joint CEO of the trust and its neighbour, one of the biggest jobs in the English hospital system.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Later, iller, less productive
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Trust abandons £150m commercial loan plan
A trust has abandoned a proposal to borrow £150m from a commercial lender to plug gaps in government capital funding.
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Expert Briefing
Tough efficiency asks for ‘overfunded’ London
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Long cancer waits at highest rate since pandemic hit
The proportion of cancer patients waiting more than 104 days following an urgent referral is now worse than at any point in the pandemic, HSJ analysis shows.
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Trust board backs medical director who wrongly dismissed whistleblower
A trust board has backed the medical director who oversaw the dismissal of a whistleblower in a case linked to patient deaths.
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Revealed: Trusts with the biggest falls in staff confidence in care provided
Several large teaching hospitals are among those which saw the steepest declines in the proportion of staff who would recommend the care of their organisation, according to the NHS staff survey results.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Why the capital's NHS staff are, relatively, happy
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Former trust CEO takes up regional medical director role
NHS England’s London region has announced Chris Streather will be the new interim medical director for the capital.
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Ambulance waits hit two hours for heart attacks and strokes
Average waits for an ambulance for stroke and heart attack patients have reached as long as two hours in one region, after a further fall in performance in recent weeks, HSJ can reveal.
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Chief executive of prestigious hospital loses whistleblowing case
The chief executive of one of England’s most prestigious private hospitals has lost her employment tribunal claim that she was dismissed for whistle blowing over patient safety issues.
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Trust loses whistleblowing case over ‘pioneering’ procedure
A senior medic has won a whistleblowing case after judges ruled she was dismissed after raising concerns about a new procedure her department was using.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Why a medic may get the biggest job in hospital-land
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NHS England pauses move for hundreds of staff ‘after office disagreement’
Hundreds of staff at a commissioning support unit are in limbo after NHS England had to pause the consultation over their transfer to new organisations.
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New national role for former CQC chief inspector
The former chief inspector of hospitals at the Care Quality Commission has been appointed chair of the UK National Screening Committee.
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Omicron hit cancer performance harder than first covid wave
The omicron variant had a bigger effect on cancer performance than the first wave of coronavirus in 2020, official data suggests.
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NHS England to replace cancer targets
The two-week wait cancer target should be scrapped and replaced with a different measure, as part of an overhaul of cancer standards, NHS England has said.
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Expert Briefing
London Eye: Beg to differ
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.