HSJ Health Check
Hosted by Dave West and Henry Anderson · HSJ
4.7from 15 ratings
- 340
- Episodes
- 68
- Transcribed
- 15
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2019
- First episode
About HSJ Health Check
HSJ Health Check: Weekly analysis of the biggest issues in health policy and leadership, from HSJ's expert journalists. The go to place for an independent, informed and immediate take on health and care news.
- Publisher
- HSJ
- Category
- news
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 18 Oct 2019
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
68 of 340 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Right to Choose rip-off?
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Labour joins in the manager bashing
25 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Trust us, we’re the ICB
Inside a recent episode
The Right to Choose rip-off?
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But he kind of added an element of his sort of personal story, which was quite an interesting kind of way to get into the subject matter, if anyone is sort of interested in reading. Yeah, definitely worth a look. Yeah, it was interesting. But yeah, in terms of its kind of findings, I think it said that the country has experienced a profound change in the need for support for people with mental health problems, and your developmental conditions. There's quite a striking figure, which is the total cost of mental ill health in England is around 300 billion. And it's very clear that continuing as we are, is unsustainable for people waiting years for treatment. […]
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- Bill Kirkup
- Anita Charlesworth
- Karin Smyth
- Ciarán Devane
- Stacey Hunter
Reach and audience
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- Spotify
- 4.7 / 5
- 15 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 57 / 100
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- Quality
- 78
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 89
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Questions about HSJ Health Check
Who hosts HSJ Health Check?
Dave West and Henry Anderson host the show. Published by HSJ.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does HSJ Health Check take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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