HSJ Health Check Podcast
1) What’s in store for the NHS in 2026?
It’s time for the HSJ team to take stock and make their predictions for what the New Year could bring for the NHS, from the survival of Healthwatch, to why the NHS App could be in for a tough year.Als...Show More
2) The making of a Health Bill - How to abolish NHS England
This week we bring you the latest in our series of HSJ Health Check podcasts tracking the development of the government’s planned Health Bill.On this episode Dave and Annabelle are joined by Mark Daya...Show More
3) The big waiting list clean-up
The government made bringing down elective waits its key target for the NHS, and ministers often celebrate how much the list has fallen since Labour came to power.However, we reveal the part that wait...Show More
4) The recipe for a new NHS CEO
Sir Jim Mackey is expected to end his tenure as ‘transition CEO’ of NHS England next year, so we ask what sort of candidate could be up for the “impossible” job of running the health service. Also, w...Show More
5) The recipe for a new NHS CEO
Sir Jim Mackey is expected to end his tenure as ‘transition CEO’ of NHS England next year, so we ask what sort of candidate could be up for the “impossible” job of running the health service. Also, w...Show More
6) Money troubles
This week Ben Clover fills in for Annabelle Collins and is joined by Ella Deverux and Zoe Tidman.The team discuss Ella's exclusive on the NHS App breaking cancer diagnosis news to patients ahead of a ...Show More
7) Wes almost says sorry
NHS England has finally launched its much-delayed voluntary redundancy scheme so on this episode we cover everything we know so far and the questions that remain.Health secretary Wes Streeting also ac...Show More
8) Critical incident
This week the team look at what happens when the 2nd most stressful thing that can happen to a trust coincides with winter pressures. Plus NHS England's big ask from ICBs. This week's podcast is hoste...Show More
9) Planning guidance explained - with NHS Providers’ CEO
NHS England has published its planning guidance - now rechristened the “Medium Term Planning Framework” - so this week we cover what it will mean for the service, with guest Daniel Elkeles, CEO of NHS...Show More
10) How the Leeds Way went wrong
Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, one of the biggest acute providers in Europe, was seen as an example of how a trust can turn things around, despite its size and complexity. However, over recent months...Show More