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Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Trust apologises after mouse filmed in hospital

By Lee Peart 19 February 2025

Medway NHS Foundation Trust has apologised after a mouse was filmed at its Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham.

BEST PRACTICE

Trust awarded £3.5m to deliver cutting edge research

By Lee Peart 19 February 2025

Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) has been awarded £3.5m over seven years by the National Institute for Health and Care Research to establish a Commercial Research Delivery Centre (CRDC).

WAITING TIMES

Emergency care improvements lead to faster and more efficient care

By Lee Peart 18 February 2025

Patients are receiving faster and more efficient emergency care thanks to improvements in the Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) departments at Shropshire’s two acute hospitals.

COMPENSATION

NHS compensation hits record of almost £3bn

By Lee Peart 18 February 2025

The NHS paid out a record £2.8bn in compensation in 2024/25, over double the £1.2bn paid out in 2014/15, according to new research.

ONS

ONS lowers life expectancy projections

By Lee Peart 18 February 2025

Life expectancy for boys and girls born in 2023 has been cut by over five years on previous projections in 2010.

LIBERAL DEMOCRATS

One in five think their local hospital is unsafe, poll finds

By Lee Peart 17 February 2025

One in five people (19%) think their local hospital is unsafe, according to a poll commissioned by the Liberal Democrats.

THE KING'S FUND

NHS admin problems impact nearly two in three

By Lee Peart 17 February 2025

Almost two in three (64%) patients and carers have experienced at least one NHS admin problem over the last year, new research has found.

REGULATION

Specialist surgeon suspended following external review

By Lee Peart 17 February 2025

A specialist surgeon has been suspended after an external review found the treatment provided to nine children was ‘below standard’.

DHSC

Government delivers on key NHS manifesto pledge

By Lee Peart 17 February 2025

The Government has delivered on its manifesto pledge of providing 2m additional extra NHS appointments, seven months ahead of schedule.

PREVENTION

NHS leaders see prevention and community care in action

By Lee Peart 14 February 2025

NHS leaders saw prevention and community care in action during a visit to help shape the future of the health service.

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