HSJ Health Check

This week’s HSJ Health Check takes in the letter sent to the provider sector telling trusts to take urgent steps to counteract the pensions crisis and its disastrous impact on services. Plus, where we are on dropping the A&E target and an analysis of the politics of workfore shortages

The latest episode features HSJ bureau chief Ben Clover, editor Alastair McLellan, senior correspondent James Illman, and correspondent Sharon Brennan. We discuss what we know and don’t know about how the forthcoming general election - called this week by Parliament - will affect the NHS.  This podcast is available every Friday morning here and across the major platforms including Spotify, Ap...

What would the prime minister's proposed Brexit deal mean for the NHS? And are the service and its patients beginning to feel the benefit of the start of the government's £20.5bn extra funding? We explain in the HSJ Health Check podcast, episode 2. This  week we feature HSJ deputy editor Dave West, bureau chief for  performance and efficiency Ben Clover, senior correspondent for  pe...

Listen to the first HSJ Health Check podcast – in which we debate care quality in mental health and learning disability hospitals, what defines success for NHS chief executives, and NHS legislation proposals. This pilot episode features HSJ deputy editor Dave West, bureau chief for performance and efficiency Ben Clover, and mental health correspondent Rebecca Thomas. Each week HSJ Health Check wil...