HSJ Health Check

Podcasts

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.

Episodes

Wes publishes his Health Bill and quits – where does it leave the NHS?

The story behind HSJ’s Top 50 CEOs

Chatbot turned therapist

What happens when the chair/CEO relationship breaks down

GPs feel the squeeze

Mackey’s first year

NHSE’s tough message on tech

Bob Wachter on healthcare's AI revolution

Why NHS staff morale is falling

The remaking - or breaking - of the ‘local state’

Has Baroness Amos been set up to fail?

A&Es brace for ‘mad March’

The secret plan for ICBs, and other restructure woes

The making of a Health Bill - Lord Hunt on the clashes to come

The trust CEO who became a very expensive whistleblower

Wes' waiting list wobble

What’s in store for the NHS in 2026?

The making of a Health Bill - How to abolish NHS England

The big waiting list clean-up

The recipe for a new NHS CEO