And are the service and its patients beginning to feel the benefit of the start of the government's £20.5bn extra funding?

We explain in the HSJ Health Check podcast, episode 2.

This  week we feature HSJ deputy editor Dave West, bureau chief for  performance and efficiency Ben Clover, senior correspondent for  performance and Brexit James Illman, and workforce correspondent  Annabelle Collins.

Each week HSJ Health Check will gather a cast from  our team of expert journalists, to explain and debate the most  important news issues right now in NHS policy and leadership. The  podcast will be available on Friday mornings on the HSJ.co.uk website,  and across the major platforms including Spotify, iTunes, and Android  applications.