Podcasts – Page 2
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: How racism hurts NHS services
We talk staff, racism, the funding squeeze and trust groups on this week’s HSJ Health Check, live from NHS ConfedExpo in Manchester.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The NHS staff who can’t be civil servants
Hundreds of non-British NHS England staff face losing their jobs because their nationality prevents them working in the civil service.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Inside the Southport victims’ privacy breach
On this week’s podcast, with increasing examples of staff accessing patient records inappropriately, we ask how widespread this practice really is - and whether regulators need to do more.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Who controls patients’ data?
This week, we talk more about the government’s plans for a new “single patient record” - the legislation for which was in last week’s Health Bill - and why primary care could be a stumbling block.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes publishes his Health Bill and quits – where does it leave the NHS?
We discuss Wes Streeting’s tumultuous 22 months in charge – and analyse the Health Bill he has left in his wake, which was published on Thursday.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The story behind HSJ’s Top 50 CEOs
This week we discuss HSJ’s Top 50 CEOs list – who topped the annual ranking of trust bosses, as well as notable trends and a behind the scenes peek at the judging process.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Chatbot turned therapist
Millions of people are turning to AI chatbots to manage their mental health, driven by a combination of long waiting lists and not meeting clinical thresholds for treatment.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: What happens when the chair/CEO relationship breaks down
On this week’s podcast, we talk about relationships between CEOs and chairs - and why the CEO of East Kent Hospitals has not been at work since mid-November.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: GPs feel the squeeze
HSJ Health Check discusses the latest squeeze on GP resources, and controversy over reform of referral processes.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Mackey’s first year
We discuss Sir Jim Mackey’s first year as NHS England chief executive, and his interview with HSJ in which he sets out plans for 2026-27.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: NHSE’s tough message on tech
Tech is one of the most important parts of the government’s 10-Year Health Plan, but this week NHS England has warned a leadership void is hampering progress and investment.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Bob Wachter on healthcare's AI revolution
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan interviews US physician Bob Wachter about his new book, A Giant Leap, on AI’s impact on healthcare.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Why staff morale is falling
NHS staff are less likely to recommend their employer as a place to work, not as confident about raising concerns and increasingly say they would not want relatives to be treated at their trust.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The remaking – or breaking – of the ‘local state’
Leading ICB and council CEOs join HSJ Health Check to talk about the earthquake that is shaking relationships between local government and the NHS.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Has Baroness Amos been set up to fail?
NHS maternity care continues to be under the spotlight, so on this week’s episode, we unpick the web of different national reviews and how trusts could be asked to improve services.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: A&Es brace for ‘mad March’
Hospitals are being told by NHS England to focus on easy wins to hit this financial year’s A&E targets, so on this episode we unpick what trusts are being asked to do and whether this will get them over the line by the end of March.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The secret plan for ICBs, and other restructure woes
This week, we cover a mysterious update to the “model ICB” blueprint that hasn’t been formally published or endorsed by NHS England, but instead passed in whispers.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Lord Hunt on the Health Bill clashes to come
On this episode we’re joined by Lord Philip Hunt of King’s Heath, a minister in the Labour government until last year, and someone who has played a huge role in NHS leadership.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: The trust CEO who became a very expensive whistleblower
On this episode, we cover one of the most expensive employment tribunals in the NHS and why a trust must pay its former chief executive £1.4m in damages.
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PodcastHSJ Podcast: Wes’ waiting list wobble
On this episode, we’re talking about the tricky balancing act between cutting waiting lists and keeping finances under control, after Wes Streeting warned this week that some trusts have tried to cut deficits too sharply.