Ben Clover
Ben is a bureau chief at HSJ and covers the private sector, pathology sector and south London. He has lectured at Imperial College London’s master’s course on health policy.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 7608 9047
- Email:
- ben.clover@wilmingtonhealthcare.com
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Trust gives in on consultant overtime rates
The third biggest trust in the NHS has agreed to increase consultant overtime rates ahead of next week’s junior doctors strike, despite a regional attempt to hold the line, citing patient safety and the need to treat cancer patients, HSJ can reveal.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: Trusts wobble on consultant pay demand
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Exclusive: 800 consultants refuse to cover juniors strike without extra pay
More than 800 consultants in London have signed a letter saying they will not cover the junior doctors’ strike next week unless their trusts agree to pay a higher overtime rate set by the British Medical Association.
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Mayor intervenes in NHSE reconfiguration row
The mayor of London is independently reviewing NHS England plans to reconfigure children’s cancer services in the capital, which were triggered when the commissioner finally accepted the current arrangements are unsafe.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: What’s in Caroline Clarke’s in-tray?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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University ‘exploring’ providing NHS diagnostics
A university is ‘exploring’ a move into providing NHS diagnostic services after spending £1.5m on equipment to train its radiography students.
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Trust loses £85m contract for local services after winning work 200 miles away
A foundation trust has lost an £85m contract to provide healthcare services in its local prisons to a private company, after taking over the same services from the same company 230 miles away.
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NHSE finally appoints regional director after months of sign-off delay
London has a new regional director after months of delays from national bodies.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: ‘Culture of impunity’
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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ICS gets new boss after eight-month wait
A new chair has been announced for South West London Integrated Care Board, eight months after his predecessor quit following a row over a ‘toxic’ working environment.
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Sloman and Ferris to leave NHS England
Two top-level NHS England directors have announced they are leaving the organisation after about two years in their current posts.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: The Lloyds Bank £56m
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Suing trust for £56m is ‘last resort’, says Lloyds Bank
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed it supports a PFI firm taking legal action to claim £56m from an NHS hospital trust, including tens of millions said to be owed to the bank, HSJ has learned.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: Blanket cancellations and holding out against the rate card
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Hospital ‘left in unsafe condition’ by private contractor
A PFI contractor left a hospital ‘in an unsafe condition’ for nine months after a fire which required patients to be evacuated, a trust has claimed in legal papers.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: Definitely not about money – the Gordon mystery
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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NHSE admits elective impact as trust chiefs warn of dangers of doctors’ strike
Ministers and NHS England have not sufficiently warned the public of the risk to patient harm posed by next week’s junior doctors strike, some of the NHS’s most senior trust chief executives have warned.
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Trust spent £680k in failed attempt to fight whistleblower
A trust spent £460,000 on legal fees trying to fight a patient safety whistleblowing case that it lost, it can be revealed.
- Expert Briefing
London Eye: Tooting or Waterloo?
Essential insight into England’s biggest health economy, by HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover.
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Battle for cancer centre turns in favour of challenger
A controversial transfer of children’s cancer services has moved a step closer after an NHS England assessment process supported the move.