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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.
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CQC inspections become the inspected
The tables have turned for the Care Quality Commission. This week HSJ revealed the government is launching a review of it’s new inspection regime and whether its ratings are properly incentivising care improvements.
We discuss what prompted this review, which senior NHS figure is leading it and what it could mean for the regulator.
Also this week, a fifth of all of England’s GP premises pre-date 1948 and we discuss how this ageing estate risks hampering the workforce plan. -
What ICB leaders really think
We delve into the detail of HSJ's comprehensive survey of integrated care board leaders, as well as new interventions on the future of ICBs from NHS England and Wes Streeting.
From leaders’ biggest worries, and their achievements thus far, to their plans for the future, HSJ Health Check highlights some of the more surprising findings.
Also, more on the shadow health secretary's recent comments on tensions between ICBs and foundation trusts, and NHS England's new assessment framework.
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Are you going to lose your job?
This year sets the NHS one of its toughest financial challenges as pandemic cash dries up and funding shortfalls deepen.
We hear how three integrated care systems are already warning of significant consequences from the current financial requirements, and explore how the NHS plans to break even in 2024-25.
With Henry Anderson, Lawrence Dunhill and Nicholas Carding.
Send views and questions to annabelle.collins@hsj.co.uk.
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What the coroners say
This week guest host Ben Clover discusses alarming developments in urgent care plus the Silicon Valley firm getting established in the NHS, with HSJ reporters Emily Townsend and Joe Talora.
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Why this winter was (a bit) better in the NHS
2022-23 was probably the worst ever winter for the NHS, after a steep collapse in performance. This year’s been a little better — new figures confirm — but how was this achieved, and what does it mean for coming months?
This week’s HSJ Health Check podcast reviews the latest figures on emergency care performance — across A&E waits, ambulance delays and response times, discharge and length of stay.
On nearly all measures, services have been better this winter than the year before, but only a little bit, and still well down on 2019 levels, which were already poor.
We discuss what the service did to claw back performance, and the prospects for the coming year.
With Dave West, Matt Discombe and Alison Moore.
Send views and questions to dave.west@hsj.co.uk. -
The latest safety crisis for maternity care
On this episode we discuss the quality of maternity services in the NHS, which have remained firmly in the spotlight.
We cover a recent HSJ investigation into delayed inductions of labour and cover the broader challenges facing maternity services amid multiple inquiries and more 'inadequate' CQC ratings.
Also more on why families whose babies died in the East Kent maternity scandal are still having to prove legal liability to get any compensation.
Customer Reviews
Great
Quick and easy way to keep up with the major news stories affecting the NHS, and gives the depth you just don’t get from other outlets
Excellent content, needs tighter editing.
Excellent and detailed reporting but pauses and filler words like ‘um’ can be distracting.
Sort out the verbal ticks please!
All the reporters really need to work on their verbal communication. The amount of verbal ticks and pointless words eg.’kinda’, ‘sort of’ and ‘erm’ is painful to listen to Takes away from the content which is otherwise useful