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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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ONS

Alcohol related deaths in UK at record levels, ONS reveals

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

There were a record 10,473 alcohol-related deaths in the UK in 2023, new figures have revealed.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICS reports £26m financial deficit

By Lee Peart 06 February 2025

Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin ICS has reported a financial deficit of £26.4m for the year to date (April to December 2024).

WES STREETING

'Daft things' undermining NHS diversity agenda, says Streeting

By Lee Peart 05 February 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said ‘really daft things’ are undermining the equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) agenda in the NHS.

BEST PRACTICE

Care Transfer Hub helps people return home from hospital

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

A Care Transfer Hub is playing a vital role in getting people home from hospital as soon as they are medically ready.

ESTATES

Building work begins at hospital's £1.9m cancer support centre

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Building work has begun on a Macmillan Cancer Support Centre at Ashford Hospital in Surrey.

REGULATION

CQC finds deterioration in leadership at mental health trust

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

A deterioration in leadership has been found following a CQC inspection of Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

FINANCE

Trust writes off £750k in unrecoverable debt owed by failed coffee company

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Over £750,000 in unrecoverable debt has been written off by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust after a coffee company went into administration.

OCKENDEN MATERNITY REVIEW

Police launch investigation into deleted file in Ockenden review

By Lee Peart 04 February 2025

Nottinghamshire Police have launched an investigation into how a file was deleted during a review into maternity failings at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.

CHILDREN'S SERVICE

Children's services need support to deal with increasing complexity

By Lee Peart 03 February 2025

The Government must introduce long-term funding mechanisms for children’s services to address increasing complexity and rising demand, a new report says.

WAITING TIMES

Flagship programme cuts diagnostic waiting times

By Lee Peart 03 February 2025

Somerset NHS Foundation Trust’s community diagnostic centre programme has delivered a 17.5% drop in waiting times.

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