HSJ Health Check is joined by two of the most influential and experienced NHS leaders to talk about lessons for the government's 10-year plan from their systems, and from the past.

Former NHS England chief Sir David speaks about how the Black Country, where he is now a trust chair, has used community services to reduce emergency admissions among older people. He says government should ensure the plan brings about stability of financial rules, and get successful local leaders involved in writing the plan.

Dr Dash, integrated care board chair in North West London and chair of an ongoing government reviews on safety and quality, discusses how her system is approaching change. She says the plan will need to “be very clear on how [it] will be implemented” rather than setting out only a “vision”.

This week the government finally revealed its new - and mostly delayed - target dates for the building of the promised “new hospitals”.

It left many trusts and communities severely disappointed and worried about how they will deliver care from ageing, and sometimes dangerous, estates.

We discuss the revised timelines for the NHP, the reaction from trusts and the impact the decisions have had on NHP teams.

Also - we pick out a group of hospitals mostly ignored in the national coverage, who all have RAAC concrete risks.

On this episode we unpick the ongoing tensions among leaders and senior doctors at one of the biggest trusts in England.

University Hospitals Birmingham - previously a flagship teaching trust with an influential leadership - has been through the mire over the past few years, with a string of concerns over culture and care quality.

A new top team says it is tackling deep-seated problems, but over recent months rows have flared publicly over consultants’ overtime pay, confidence in its leadership, and questionable international training schemes.

Also this week, a new senior appointment at NHS England, and what it could mean for the government’s 10-year health plan.

This week the team looks at the new elective recovery plan launched this month. The government has tightened to focus on what improvement looks like and introduced some new incentives, but will it be enough? We also take a look at the ever-contentious New Hospitals Programme. Bureau chief Ben Clover is joined by Henry Anderson and Zoe Tidman.

The HSJ Health Check team reveals our predictions for the big issues — and unexpected developments — in 2025, on this week’s Christmas podcast.

What to expect in reform, finance, integration, primary care, workforce and more in the coming 12 months.

With HSJ deputy editor Dave West, senior correspondent Henry Anderson, and correspondent Mimi Launder.

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This week the team looks at the fallout from the government’s positions on staff pay from band 2 to VSM via the banks and agencies.

Bureau chief Ben Clover is joined by reporters Henry Anderson and Alison Moore.

This week bureau chief Ben Clover is joined by Mimi Launder and Joe Talora. The team talk about who is really in charge of overseeing providers and what Labour’s big plan to overhaul the health tech sector might mean.

This week, the podcast looks at accountability in the NHS and the Thirlwall Inquiry

This week guest host Ben Clover is joined by emergency care correspondent Matt Discombe and safety correspondent Emily Townsend. The team unpack the many policy implications of announcements made at last week's NHS Providers conference, as well as a big moment in the main auditorium. A worrying development with echoes of the Noughties also comes under the spotlight

ICS leader Fiona Edwards, trust chief Daniel Elkeles, and policy guru Nigel Edwards join the HSJ podcast to tell us what's needed from the government's 10-year health plan.

Helping and reforming general practice will be crucial, they agreed, but what should be dictated nationally and what must be left to national decisions?