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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

Government lacks understanding of the value of hospices, NAO finds

By Lee Peart 29 October 2025

The DHSC and NHSE do not know how funding is used by hospices for palliative and end-of-life care due to a lack of central oversight, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).

Mental health trust criticised following death of arrested man

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

A coroner has criticised Northamptonshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHFT) for not running a Saturday service for arrested people after a man took his own life.

Trust pleads guilty over death of teenage girl

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (UHST) has pleaded guilty to failing to provide safe care and treatment to a 16-year-old girl with severe mental health difficulties who took her ow...

Mental health charity rated inadequate by CQC

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

Mental health charity St Andrews Healthcare Northampton has been downgraded from requires improvement to inadequate by the CQC following inspection of six services.

NHS to save millions of pounds through solar panel investments

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

NHS trusts are set to save millions of pounds in energy costs after the expansion of a solar panel installation programme.

Applications invited for digital healthcare accelerator programme

By Lee Peart 28 October 2025

Applications are invited for a digital healthcare accelerator programme run by Health Innovation Yorkshire & Humber with funding from the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and UK Government.

Harnessing AI for healthcare

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

We report back from The Health Foundation’s conference in London this month exploring the opportunities and challenges posed by AI adoption in healthcare

Editor's comment - Different this time?

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Leaders will be hoping that better planning will mean the NHS is better prepared to weather the winter months this time around, writes Lee Peart, editor at Healthcare Management

A place-led future for innovation

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Richard Stubbs looks back on his tenure as chair of the Health Innovation Network and maps out the future for innovation in the NHS

Local authorities to fund half of increased labour costs under fair pay agreement

By Lee Peart 27 October 2025

Local authorities are projected to fund over half (52%) of increased labour costs passed on by providers as a result of the fair pay agreement for social care, analysis has fund.