This week on the last HSJ podcast before the summer recess, we cover what is going on with more than £2bn that NHS England wants to take off overspending trusts. Henry Anderson and Dave West dig into this, and Wes Streeting’s promise to move some of this money into deprived areas – asking if this will actually work.Also an update on plans for manager regulation after the government published its proposals earlier this week.
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Mackey vs the BMA
This week the HSJ team looks at the upcoming resident doctors' strike, plus how satisfied the public is primary care. Bureau chief Ben Clover, standing in for Annabelle Collins is joined by workforce correspondent Nick Kituno to talk about the BMA's latest strike action following the dramatic policy intervention made by NHSE Boss Sir Jim Mackey earlier in the week. Ben and primary care correspondent Caitlin Tilley then go through what the latest data shows about the public's impression of primary care services, and progress towards making the NHS App the service's front door.
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Spending too much on safety
Penny Dash's long-awaited review into safety and quality came out this week and put cost-effectiveness at the heart of implementing future recommendations from reviews and inquires. We cover the biggest changes - including the scrapping of Healthwatch - and whether yet more upheaval will be worth it. Also this week an update on the government's neighbourhood health plans as the next bit of the strategy is revealed.
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A profound disappointment
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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