"Our work covers the breadth of NHS functions including the commissioning and delivery of safe services, the evaluation of services and investigation when things have gone wrong."
Ed Marsden
Managing partner
Telephone: 0207 494 5670
Mobile: 07741 015177
Email: edmarsden@verita.net
Ed has a clinical background in general and psychiatric nursing and NHS management. He has worked for the National Audit Office, the Department of Health and the West Kent Health Authority where he was director of performance management. He combines his responsibilities as Verita's managing partner with an active role in leading complex investigations and advising clients on the political repercussions of high-profile investigations. Ed is an associate of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit where he has carried out three assignments on immigration.
Specialist areas
- Advising on commissioning and the conduct of complex investigations
- Corporate and clinical governance
- Advising police forces about patient safety incidents
Recent work
- Independent review of a collective grievance at a community trust
- Advice to the States of Jersey about a proposed historical child abuse inquiry
- Independent review into the approach and behaviour of NHS South West in relation to the dismissal of John Watkinson by Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Independent investigation into the care, treatment and management of Elizabeth Rourke