All Podcast articles – Page 8
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HSJ podcast: Summer, salaries, systems and shielding
This week’s NHS Health Check podcast is dedicated to all matters staffing: The Agenda for Change pay deal, how much integrated care system chiefs should get paid, and shielding staff not getting risk assessments.
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HSJ podcast: How the government is trying to build back cheaper
A letter obtained by HSJ’s Nick Carding revealed the government has told eight of the most advanced “40 new hospitals” trusts to put produce plans to build much more cheaply — he discusses what it means on the HSJ Health Check podcast.
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HSJ podcast: Why the NHS needs fewer chairs and chiefs than ever
The sharp increase in shared NHS trust chairs and CEOs has been notable in recent months, with more key appointments made in London and the North West just this week.
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HSJ podcast: A nasty surprise for trusts – and preparing for 19 July and beyond
Trusts received an unpleasant surprise last Friday when they were told they must do more elective procedures to receive money from the national £1bn ‘elective recovery fund’.
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HSJ podcast: The health bill has landed
The Health and Care Bill has finally been published. We discuss the most eye-catching measures and the controversies surrounding what was supposed to be straightforward legislation.
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HSJ podcast: The unknown unknowns of Sajid Javid
With a new health secretary appointed days before the health bill was due to be published, we discuss what’s next for the legislation.
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HSJ podcast: A deep dive into Hancock’s data dream
Harnessing an opportunity to use the ‘full power of data’ to improve patient care, or a worrying ‘data grab’?
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HSJ podcast: Picking the next NHS England chief executive - a conversation with Jeremy Hunt
Monday marked the deadline for applicants wanting to be the next NHS England CEO to throw their hat in the ring.
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HSJ podcast: How an Afghan refugee became a telemedicine pioneer
Dr Waheed Arian escaped from Afghanistan and came to the UK as a child refugee in 1999. Since then, he has become an A&E doctor and founded global telemedicine charity ‘Arian Teleheal’.
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HSJ podcast: How NHS England (quietly) axed the A&E target
Under the cover of Cummings’ headline-grabbing testimony last week, NHS England gave the green light to plans to scrap the landmark four-hour accident and emergency target.
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HSJ podcast: Dominic Cummings’ fire and brimstone
Dominic Cummings set the Commons health committee on fire with his serious allegations about Matt Hancock’s handling of the pandemic earlier this week.
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HSJ podcast: When safety warnings go unheeded
HSJ revealed in an investigation this week that serious concerns were raised by patients at a mental health hospital for children in the years before it was rated ‘inadequate’ by the national regulator in March 2021.
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HSJ podcast: How the government’s NHS reform plans are changing
In this week’s podcast we discuss how the government’s health and social care legislation plans are changing — both in substance and in context.
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HSJ podcast: Who will be the next chief executive of NHS England?
With Sir Simon Stevens stepping down from the NHS’ top job in July, the 12-week countdown to find a successor begins.
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HSJ podcast: The covid crisis in India — and what it means for NHS staff
The NHS — and, indeed, the world — has been watching the catastrophic covid surge in India, with almost 400,000 cases recorded in a single day.
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HSJ podcast: Greensill, Topwood and the NHS
At the start of the pandemic, financial services company Greensill launched ‘Earnd’, an advanced payment system, for NHS staff. Some trusts signed up for it and it was given backing from senior figures in the health service.
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HSJ podcast: Why the eating disorder care crisis is risking lives
Eating disorder services in the NHS are at crisis point, with lockdown making an already pressurised situation even worse.
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HSJ podcast: A tale of three regions – what happened next?
After the first covid wave we took a deep dive into three regions in England – now as the third wave ebbs away we have returned once more.
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HSJ podcast: What the PM’s new health team means for the NHS
Boris Johnson has appointed a new health adviser, well known to NHS health policy circles. Samantha Jones – former NHS England director and hospital chief – is to leave the private sector and move into the civil service.
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HSJ podcast: Why this year’s NHS marching orders are so different
The NHS has been given its planning guidance for the first half of this year – and it strikes a markedly different tone to previous years. But what else would you expect from 2021?