HSJ Health Check

This week’s HSJ Health Check discusses Labour’s big NHS announcements – and what they say about how it would manage the service. Plus the decision of Greater Manchester’s “devo” health and care chief to quit. With HSJ editor Alastair McLellan, deputy editor Dave West, correspondent Annabelle Collins, and bureau chief Lawrence Dunhill.

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, Apple Podcasts, and others. Got feedback or something you would like us to discuss? Contact dave.west@wilmingtonhealthcare.com or @davewwest.

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  performance and Brexit James Illman, and workforce correspondent  Annabelle Collins. Each week HSJ Health Check will gather a cast from  our team of expert journalists, to explain and debate the most  important news issues right now in NHS policy and leadership. The  podcast will be available on Friday mornings on the HSJ.co.uk website,  and across the major platforms including Spotify, iTunes, and Android  applications.

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 will gather a cast from our team of expert journalists, to explain and debate the most important news issues right now in NHS policy and leadership. The podcast will be available on Friday mornings on the HSJ.co.uk website, and across the major platforms including Spotify, iTunes, and Android applications. We are expecting this first episode will take a few extra days to reach those podcast apps. Feedback to @davewwest or dave.west@wilmingtonhealthcare.com