HSJ Health Check

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. 

We talk in more depth about this particularly public criticism and also discuss other key areas of tech that trusts are investing in, from electronic patient records to AI scribes. We also cover research that has revealed the over-complication of EPR training is having an adverse effect on productivity. 

The team shares how the NHS App and AI are set to evolve over the next few years as well.

HSJ editor Alastair McLellan interviews US physician Bob Wachter about his new book, A Giant Leap, on AI’s impact on healthcare.
The conversation covers how clinical practice is already changing significantly, and explores the implications for NHS workforce planning.

NHS staff are becoming less likely to recommend their employer as a place to work, are less confident about raising concerns and increasingly say they would not want relatives to be treated at their trust.
 
HSJ digs into the annual NHS staff survey to find out what this year’s results mean for the future of the health service.
 
Henry Anderson is joined by HSJ’s Nick Kituno and Chris Graham, from the Picker Institute, to discuss how staff feel about working for the NHS after the first full year of a Labour government - and what can be done to turn this around.
 
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Leading ICB and council CEOs join HSJ Health Check to talk about the earthquake shaking relationships between local government and the NHS.
Tectonic plates are moving with major structural reorganisation in the NHS and local government. Funding and demand pressures, alongside national attempts to reform other public services, are also straining relationships and integration.
Amid these tensions, Rob Webster, West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board CEO, argues local leaders can choose to protect relationships and joint working at the level of place, despite organisational mergers.
And Robin Tuddenham, a council CEO in west Yorkshire and president of the Society of Local Authority Chief Executives, says: "What we're seeing is the need to adjust to a reshaping of the local state".

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.
We cover Baroness Amos’ interim report from the government’s ‘rapid’ review, which has turned out to be less rapid than hoped, and some shocking findings highlighted by newly published national maternity data.
Also, why home birth services could become a thing of the past in the NHS.