Harold Musgrove

Harold John Musgrove (born 1930)[1] was the former chairman of British Leyland's Austin Rover division between 1982–1986 and worked in several roles for the NHS from 1991–2001.

British Leyland

Harold Musgrove had worked in various roles at British Leyland and its predecessor Austin before being offered the role of Chairman of the volume car business Austin Rover in 1982 after the departure of Sir Michael Edwardes, reporting to Ray Horrocks, the chairman of British Leyland's new formed car group.[2][3] One of his first jobs was to negotiate the contract with Honda over the XX agreement which would eventually become the Rover 800 and had to deal with the Trojan Horse political potato that had occurred with BL's previous collaboration, the Triumph Acclaim.[4]

Another of his major decisions was to clear the decks of the design team at Austin Rover. David Bache had been running the team, and the LC10/LM11 project which eventually produced the Austin Maestro/Austin Montego had been in the pipeline since 1977, and one of his ideas is said to have ignited Musgrove into sacking Bache on the spot. He appointed Roy Axe who had been working the US for Chrysler and backed him setting up a new design studio at the former Triumph plant at Canley.[5]

Due to the drop in performance of Austin Rover in 1984,[6] Harold Musgrove was asked to look for savings by the British Government, who still owned the business. Musgrove convinced the government to invest in the K Series engine[7] which was to benefit and damage the company in the long term.

In 1986 British Leyland's head of Cars Roy Horrocks had discussions with Ford about a buyout, however the collapse of General Motors purchase of British Leyland's truck division meant the deal was stopped.[8] Due to the press anger caused by this and the Westland sale, British Leyland's management was changed by the government bringing in Graham Day in 1986 to oversee the new business. Roy Horrocks, Musgrove's boss resigned and Musgrove followed shortly after when he was asked to sack Kevin Morley, the sales director by Graham Day.[9]

NHS

In 1991 Musgrove joined the NHS as chairman of the West Midlands Ambulance Service.[10] He eventually left this role joining Heartlands Hospital in Birmingham and oversaw the controversial merger with Solihull District Hospital during the mid 1990s.[11][12]

In 1998 Harold Musgrove became Chairman of the Worcester Health Services, closing accident and emergency services in Kidderminster and opening a new PFI funded hospital as part of a radical shakeup of services.[13] However a University College London report in 2000 stated that the reforms left Worcestershire with "one of the lowest levels of hospital provision in the country".[14] In 2001 Harold Musgrove resigned as the chairman of the Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust.[15]

References

  1. ↑ "People : The Harold Musgrove Interview - aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  2. ↑ "The BMC>MG Rover Story : Part Six – The 1980s – a decade of lost opportunities by Keith Adams – aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Car Interview with Harold Musgrove by Gavin Green p.June 1985 – honestjohn.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  4. ↑ "The BMC>MG Rover Story : Part Six – The 1980s – a decade of lost opportunities by Keith Adams – aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  5. ↑ "The BMC>MG Rover Story : Part Six – The 1980s – a decade of lost opportunities by Keith Adams – aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Car Interview with Harold Musgrove by Gavin Green p.June 1985 – honestjohn.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2016.
  7. ↑ "The BMC>MG Rover Story : Part Six – The 1980s – a decade of lost opportunities by Keith Adams – aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  8. ↑ "The BMC>MG Rover Story : Part Six – The 1980s – a decade of lost opportunities by Keith Adams – aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  9. ↑ "People : The Harold Musgrove Interview - aronline.co.uk". Retrieved 20 June 2017.
  10. ↑ "Independent Kidderminster Hospital & Health Concern 1995-2003 - zoominfo.com". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "Independent Kidderminster Hospital & Health Concern 1995-2003 - zoominfo.com". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  12. ↑ "Ms Estelle Morris MP Birmingham, Yardley House of Parliament Debate 1.59pm 25/10/95". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  13. ↑ "Independent Kidderminster Hospital & Health Concern 1995-2003 - zoominfo.com". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  14. ↑ "Private finance scheme for Worcester "will cut beds" by Annabel Ferriman The British Medical Journal- PMC". PMC 1127421. Missing or empty |url= (help)
  15. ↑ "Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust – 6 November 2001 – www.parliament.uk". Retrieved 24 January 2017.
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