HSJ Health Check

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HSJ Health Check: Weekly analysis of the biggest issues in health policy and leadership, from HSJ's expert journalists. The go to place for an independent, informed and immediate take on health and care news.

Episode Date
What ICB leaders really think
May 03, 2024
Are you going to lose your job?
Apr 26, 2024
What the coroners say
Apr 19, 2024
Why this winter was (a bit) better in the NHS
Apr 11, 2024
The latest safety crisis for maternity care
Apr 05, 2024
The planning guidance is finally here
Mar 29, 2024
The £4bn hole in the NHS’s building plans
Mar 22, 2024
Scandal at ‘the safest trust in England’
Mar 15, 2024
How to be a top NHS employer
Mar 08, 2024
The systems most reliant on the private sector
Mar 01, 2024
A high stakes game of chicken
Feb 23, 2024
The victims of the DHSC's silent restructure
Feb 16, 2024
The targets holding up the planning guidance
Feb 08, 2024
Two top CEOs argue ‘hospital groups are here to stay’
Feb 02, 2024
The reality behind NHSE's flagship outpatient programme
Jan 26, 2024
Dentistry’s missing millions
Jan 19, 2024
The specialised commissioning lottery
Jan 12, 2024
HSJ’s predictions for 2024
Dec 22, 2023
The target no one wants to talk about
Dec 15, 2023
A conversation with the Nuffield Trust's new CEO
Dec 08, 2023
How the Fuller abuse inquiry will change the NHS
Dec 01, 2023
How NHSE's new data platform will work
Nov 24, 2023
How one trust changed England's A&E model
Nov 17, 2023
What an election year will mean for the NHS
Nov 09, 2023
The rise and rise of the hospital group
Nov 03, 2023
Barclay’s war on the ‘woke’ NHS
Oct 27, 2023
Mackey’s next move
Oct 20, 2023
Labour’s plan to ‘underpromise and overdeliver’ on the NHS
Oct 13, 2023
How much have strikes cost the NHS?
Oct 06, 2023
Another maternity red flag
Sep 29, 2023
I’m afraid there is no (winter) money
Sep 22, 2023
Getting real about manager regulation
Sep 15, 2023
The RAAC scandal and what it means for the NHS
Sep 08, 2023
The fallout from Lucy Letby and what it means for the NHS
Aug 25, 2023
Patient experience in the post-covid era
Aug 18, 2023
Why GP reform is finally coming
Aug 11, 2023
Leadership standards revealed
Aug 04, 2023
Under the skin of the strikes
Jul 28, 2023
Who’s to blame for the latest A&E crisis?
Jul 21, 2023
Missing Sunak’s pledge
Jul 14, 2023
The workforce plan – worth the wait?
Jul 07, 2023
Big beasts of policy name their best and worst
Jun 30, 2023
Palantir’s latest NHS deal explained
Jun 23, 2023
Live from Confed
Jun 14, 2023
21 days stuck in A&E
Jun 09, 2023
The elective activity the NHS wants to cut - but can't
Jun 02, 2023
The fate of ‘40 new hospitals’
May 26, 2023
The missing £1bn in capital funding
May 19, 2023
CDCs, the election cycle and fixing primary care
May 12, 2023
Revealed - Why Jim Mackey is back
May 05, 2023
‘Cash is King’ again as deficits bite
Apr 28, 2023
The NHS’ latest PFI problem
Apr 21, 2023
The latest casualties of the NHS data bidding war
Apr 14, 2023
Does the Hewitt review matter?
Apr 13, 2023
Bad Blood: The NHS agency engulfed in a racism scandal
Mar 31, 2023
The NHS pay deal and who's left out
Mar 24, 2023
Why Hunt’s spending £1bn a year to fix NHS pensions
Mar 16, 2023
Everything you need to know about the NHS staff survey
Mar 10, 2023
Should foundation trusts be scrapped?
Mar 03, 2023
Julian Hartley on collaboration, workforce and why he became NHS Providers CEO
Feb 23, 2023
Tech budget raids and wasted millions
Feb 17, 2023
What next for urgent care?
Feb 09, 2023
Single rooms reduces length of stay
Feb 03, 2023
The staff the NHS forgot
Jan 27, 2023
Inside NHS England's £500m data gamble
Jan 20, 2023
The New Year war on the waiting list
Jan 13, 2023
What 2023 has in store for the NHS
Dec 28, 2022
Ambulance strikes - all you need to know
Dec 20, 2022
Organograms assemble
Dec 14, 2022
Two Streps back
Dec 09, 2022
NHS England’s failure to kill the four-hour target
Dec 02, 2022
Why the Hewitt review matters
Nov 25, 2022
Barclay, strikes, and eye-catching appointments
Nov 18, 2022
What to expect from the spending review
Nov 18, 2022
Crunch time for 40 ‘new hospitals’
Nov 04, 2022
Back to the 1950s
Oct 28, 2022
What Chancellor Hunt means for the NHS
Oct 20, 2022
The ICSs already in the red
Oct 14, 2022
Little NHS cheer at the Tory conference
Oct 07, 2022
Why NHS pain will follow Truss’ economic chaos
Sep 30, 2022
‘Worst’ NHS trust faces writing on the wall
Sep 23, 2022
The NHS’ £18bn rainy day fund
Sep 16, 2022
Who is Therese Coffey?
Sep 09, 2022
The DHSC’s opening move in the NHS efficiency war
Sep 02, 2022
The NHS’ most dangerous buildings
Aug 26, 2022
ICSs - 1 Trusts - nil
Aug 19, 2022
Tory tinkering while the NHS is on fire
Aug 12, 2022
The A&E target conundrum continues
Aug 05, 2022
Crumbling services, but who's in charge?
Jul 29, 2022
The pay award quirk that could be the final straw
Jul 22, 2022
The NHS’ worst night ever
Jul 15, 2022
Barclay’s in-tray cancer crisis
Jul 08, 2022
The hardest job in the NHS
Jul 01, 2022
Race, inequalities and NHS ConfedExpo
Jun 24, 2022
Dispatches from Liverpool
Jun 17, 2022
Trusts hit hardest by covid part 2: We’re still trying to manage by organisation
Jun 10, 2022
Trusts hit hardest by covid part 1: We need time
Jun 10, 2022
Ali Parsa is back in the news
Jun 02, 2022
Boris Johnson’s ‘new hospitals’ in jeopardy
May 20, 2022
NHS England's unhappiest people
May 13, 2022
Secret merger mania
May 06, 2022
ICSs are under threat from a devolution frenzy
Apr 29, 2022
Is infection control relaxation worth the risk?
Apr 22, 2022
The ICS rebellion and exec diversity declines
Apr 15, 2022
A painful recovery
Apr 08, 2022
Inside the Shropshire maternity scandal
Apr 01, 2022
Rishi's big asks of the NHS
Mar 25, 2022
Why the two-year waiters target could be already doomed
Mar 18, 2022
The multimillion pound cost of Russia's invasion to the NHS
Mar 11, 2022
The return of payment by results
Mar 04, 2022
How to fix an NHS trust
Feb 25, 2022
An uncomfortable message for NHS CEOs
Feb 18, 2022
The NHS has captured this government
Feb 11, 2022
Two trusts, NHS England and the whistleblowers
Feb 04, 2022
An NHS England exodus
Jan 28, 2022
Red Meat for the NHS
Jan 21, 2022
Will trusts really sack 60,000 unvaccinated staff?
Jan 14, 2022
What the 2022-23 NHS planning guidance really means
Jan 07, 2022
HSJ's predictions for 2022
Dec 24, 2021
How the NHS is preparing for Omicron
Dec 17, 2021
Winter of the 'cancer catastrophe'?
Dec 10, 2021
The last thing the NHS needed
Dec 03, 2021
Boris Johnson’s secret integration intervention
Nov 26, 2021
Pritchard and Javid’s key messages to trusts ahead of ‘toughest winter’
Nov 19, 2021
Why NHS bosses are braced for more slaps and fewer claps
Nov 12, 2021
The Health Bill and the race to 1 April for ICSs
Nov 05, 2021
The ambulance crisis and NHS England’s King Canute moment
Oct 29, 2021
Why the Saj wants 'reform' - but the NHS is angry about it
Oct 22, 2021
Inequality kills: Why £2.3bn is not enough to rescue mental health
Oct 15, 2021
Chained naked outside the Department of Health
Oct 08, 2021
Another winter nightmare?
Oct 01, 2021
Why NHS services are collapsing
Sep 24, 2021
Why £15.6bn extra spells cuts for the NHS
Sep 17, 2021
Is it ‘unfair’ to blame GPs for remote consultations risk?
Sep 10, 2021
The ‘new hospital’ playbook lie
Sep 03, 2021
The rocky road ahead for integrated care systems
Aug 27, 2021
Are covid visiting restrictions damaging patient safety?
Aug 20, 2021
Why ambulance and A&E waits have hit record highs
Aug 13, 2021
Salaries, systems and shielding
Aug 06, 2021
How the government is trying to build back cheaper
Jul 30, 2021
Why the NHS needs fewer chairs and chiefs than ever
Jul 23, 2021
A nasty surprise for trusts and preparing for after 19 July
Jul 16, 2021
The Health Bill has landed
Jul 09, 2021
The unknown unknowns of Sajid Javid
Jul 02, 2021
A deep-dive into Hancock's data dream
Jun 25, 2021
Picking the next NHS England chief executive: a conversation with Jeremy Hunt
Jun 17, 2021
How an Afghan refugee became an NHS telemedicine pioneer
Jun 12, 2021
How NHS England (quietly) axed the A&E target
Jun 04, 2021
What affect will Cumming’s fire and brimstone revelations have on Hancock?
May 28, 2021
How patients’ warnings about “inadequate” hospital went unheeded
May 21, 2021
What's changed in the government's NHS legislation plans
May 14, 2021
Who will be the next chief executive of NHS England?
May 07, 2021
The covid crisis in India - and what it means for NHS staff
Apr 30, 2021
Greensill, Topwood and the NHS
Apr 23, 2021
Why the eating disorder care crisis is risking lives
Apr 16, 2021
A tale of three regions – what happened next?
Apr 09, 2021
What the PM’s new health team means for the NHS
Apr 01, 2021
Why this year’s NHS marching orders are so different
Mar 26, 2021
How three top trust chiefs fell out of favour
Mar 19, 2021
Stressed out, but feeling positive - what covid did to NHS staff
Mar 12, 2021
Realpolitik and the NHS's next big plan
Mar 05, 2021
Punishing staff for gaming the vaccine system
Feb 26, 2021
Palantir speaks out – the ‘secretive’ firm at the heart of the covid response
Feb 24, 2021
So long NHSX
Feb 19, 2021
What the new white paper means for the NHS
Feb 12, 2021
Scandal in the Midlands
Feb 05, 2021
When ‘just in time’ does not work
Jan 29, 2021
How the NHS was left high and dry in covid’s third wave
Jan 22, 2021
The covid tidal wave heads North once more
Jan 15, 2021
Preventing the NHS from being overwhelmed
Jan 07, 2021
Escaping the gloom – what 2021 holds for the NHS
Dec 17, 2020
The NHS's post coital vaccine glow begins to fade
Dec 10, 2020
Delivering the vaccine - the NHS's greatest challenge
Dec 03, 2020
Big decisions under cover of covid
Nov 26, 2020
Long-covid care cannot be delayed any longer
Nov 19, 2020
The job the NHS must not screw up
Nov 12, 2020
Is primary care ready for the second wave?
Nov 05, 2020
Hospitals are still neglecting mental health
Oct 29, 2020
The North reaches boiling point
Oct 23, 2020
Why the NHS was not prepared for covid wave two
Oct 15, 2020
Has covid changed the NHS forever?
Oct 08, 2020
Simon Says
Oct 01, 2020
What a second wave means for workforce
Sep 23, 2020
A good old-fashioned NHS finance row
Sep 18, 2020
Is the government sacrificing cancer recovery in favour of Operation Moonshot?
Sep 10, 2020
The vast 'known unknowns' facing the NHS this autumn
Sep 03, 2020
Has covid changed hospital inspections forever?
Aug 28, 2020
The fate of Public Health England
Aug 20, 2020
Why the mistake in the People Plan matters
Aug 13, 2020
Prepare for a winter of discontent
Aug 10, 2020
Hancock’s full hour
Jul 31, 2020
The unfolding scandal at East Kent
Jul 24, 2020
A tale of three regions
Jul 15, 2020
Why the Cumberlege review is being buried
Jul 09, 2020
How covid turned NHS finances on their head
Jul 02, 2020
Running the health service in a time of covid
Jun 25, 2020
HSJ Health Check special: Out of Adversity... Rapid change, NHS & Industry working together
Jun 25, 2020
ICS' role in the recovery
Jun 18, 2020
What will the next six months bring for the NHS?
Jun 11, 2020
The vanishing BAME review
Jun 04, 2020
Under the radar: What are we missing while coronavirus dominates?
May 28, 2020
Is ‘move fast and break things’ working for NHS X?
May 21, 2020
How the NHS performed during the peak
May 14, 2020
Testing, tracing and mortality
May 07, 2020
A covid-linked syndrome may be emerging in children
Apr 30, 2020
After the peak - recovery, restoration, reform
Apr 23, 2020
HSJ Health Check special: The NHS’s legal risk over covid-19
Apr 20, 2020
Empty beds, death numbers, and non-covid care
Apr 16, 2020
Braced for coronavirus peak pressure
Apr 09, 2020
Coronavirus crisis grips the NHS
Apr 02, 2020
Covid-19 hits London
Mar 25, 2020
The great coronavirus reconfiguration
Mar 13, 2020
What next for the A&E four-hour target?
Mar 05, 2020
Are the government’s priorities in order?
Feb 28, 2020
The ups and downs from the new NHS staff survey
Feb 20, 2020
Has NHS England got too much power?
Feb 14, 2020
Six home truths from an outgoing national director
Feb 12, 2020
Care quality at a crossroads
Feb 07, 2020
What’s in the new NHS planning guidance?
Jan 31, 2020
Digital twins: Babylon does integration and an ICS leadership exclusive
Jan 23, 2020
Off target: The four-hour standard and how long waits do harm
Jan 17, 2020
A&E, sexual assault on mental health wards and the future of primary care.
Jan 10, 2020
Why the 2020s are (a bit) better than the 2010s
Jan 03, 2020
What 2020 has in store: Tech, mental health and workforce
Dec 19, 2019
What a Conservative majority means for the NHS
Dec 13, 2019
When noro and flu visit early
Dec 06, 2019
Have the politicians forgotten mental health?
Nov 29, 2019
Election manifesto special
Nov 25, 2019
Pensions crisis latest
Nov 21, 2019
‘Sane’ Labour’s plans for the NHS
Nov 14, 2019
The Pauline Philip letter – trusts told to do whatever it takes
Nov 08, 2019
What the election means for the NHS
Nov 01, 2019
Brexit and the NHS's new billions
Oct 25, 2019
HSJ Health Check: Episode One
Oct 18, 2019