The 10-Year Health Plan has been published, so this week Alastair McLellan and Dave West cover what really matters in the 150-page document, and why it's such a disappointment. Also, what happened to the last chapter on delivery?
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NHS England's hardline on AI
This week we cover concerns about the safety of certain AI technology used in the NHS, as NHS England tries to exert order over a chaotic market. We also discuss the health secretary’s announcement of a “national maternity investigation” and the unanswered questions surrounding this unusual decision. And finally, we talk more about HSJ revelations this week that a patient died as a result of the cyber attack on a south east London pathology system last year.
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Who’s really in charge of neighbourhood health?
This episode explores the evolving concept of neighbourhood health, the question marks over who will take the lead in each area and why ICBs still have an important role to play. We’re joined by Andrew Bland, chief executive of South East London ICB and London’s neighbourhood lead, and Ruth Rankine, director of the NHS Confederation’s primary care network, to discuss the cultural and financial challenges of scaling this local approach into a nationally viable model — one the government has placed significant hopes on.Also with Mimi Launder and Annabelle Collins.
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How the government should deal with another doctors' strike
HSJ editor Alastair McLellan sits down with NHS Confederation chief executive Matthew Taylor during this year’s ConfedExpo conference, which has been happening at the same time as the Chancellor’s spending review.They cover whether Labour may have hoped for more money for the health service, NHS reform (and the personalities involved), the cultural acceptance of the status quo in the NHS, and how Mr Taylor would advise Wes Streeting on avoiding further resident doctor strikes.
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The making of a Health Bill - Your dream legislation
This week we bring you the latest in our series of HSJ Health Check podcasts tracking the development of the government’s planned Health Bill.The series will explore what ministers and officials have in store as their vision for the NHS emerges, as well as the ups and downs of the process and politics of delivering legislation. This week, Dave West and Annabelle Collins are joined by Siva Anandaciva, director of policy, events and partnerships at the King’s Fund and Barts Health associate non-executive director, and Helen Buckingham, former director of strategy at the Nuffield Trust, following 20 years experience at board level in local and national NHS organisations. We discuss what’s been going on behind the scenes since the last episode and our experts’ take on what should be in the Bill… both serious and not.
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