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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Government aims to reduce hospital delays with £30m social care funding

By Lee Peart 13 August 2025

A £30m funding boost for local authorities to strengthen community-based social care services and improve hospital discharge processes has been announced by the Welsh Government.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council pledges improvements to 'inconsistent' SEND services

By Lee Peart 13 August 2025

Kirklees Council has pledged to make SEND services improvements after being rated inconsistent by inspectors.

DHSC

BREAKING NEWS: Call for NAO investigation into £1bn NHS redundancies' 'black hole'

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

The Liberal Democrats have written to National Audit Office boss Gareth Davies to call for an investigation into ICB moves to cut costs by 50%.

ESTATES

Trust refurbishes SDEC unit as part of £19.8m regeneration programme

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

A relocated and refurbished SDEC unit has opened at Doncaster Royal Infirmary (DRI).

REGULATION

Director pleads guilty to bribery for the award of NHS contracts

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

The director of a company which provides patient transport services for NHS trusts has pleaded guilty to the award of NHS contracts worth £223,000.

ESTATES

NHS to save up to £130m through on-site electric vehicle chargers

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

NHS is to receive £8m to support its transition to a fully decarbonised fleet by 2040.

REGULATION

Failure to share information led to woman's death

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

A coroner’s inquest has concluded a failure to share information between NHS 111 and A&E cost a woman’s life.

MATERNITY

Self-refer midwife service reduces pressure on GPs

By Lee Peart 12 August 2025

A new service enabling mums-to-be to self-refer themselves for their first midwife appointment is reducing pressure on GP services.

INTEGRATED CARE

Restructuring stalls at ICB due to lack of redundancy funding

By Lee Peart 11 August 2025

An ICB’s plans to halve its management budget by December have been put on hold due to a lack of funding for redundancies.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Work scheme for people with health conditions launches in West England

By Lee Peart 11 August 2025

A programme to help people with health conditions back into the workplace has been launched in the West of England.

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