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Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Leaders welcome repair funding as 'small downpayment' on maintenance bill

By Lee Peart 30 May 2025

Today’s announcement of £750m for urgent hospital repairs has been welcomed as a ‘small downpayment’ on the £14bn maintenance backlog.

NORTHERN IRELAND

'Reset' needed for Northern Ireland healthcare system

By Lee Peart 29 May 2025

A ‘reset’ is required for the healthcare system in Northern Ireland, according to a senior civil servant.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

SEND improvement plan to address 'systemic failures'

By Lee Peart 29 May 2025

Bracknell Forest Council has set out plans to improve SEND provision including funding for extra staff.

Waiting list reimbursement scheme to launch in June

By Lee Peart 29 May 2025

Northern Ireland health minister Mike Nesbitt has confirmed a controversial waiting list reimbursement scheme will launch on 2 June.

ESTATES

James Paget opens new orthopaedic outpatient centre

By Lee Peart 29 May 2025

James Paget University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has opened a new orthopaedic outpatient centre.

REGULATION

Sunak accused of blocking isolation support during Covid

By Lee Peart 29 May 2025

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak has been accused of blocking isolation support for the disadvantaged during Covid as a ‘point of principle’.

Same day emergency care delivers transformational change

By Lee Peart 28 May 2025

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) has been leading the way in same day emergency care (SDEC), which combines services from different areas to see, diagnose, treat...

ESTATES

Hospital awarded £23m for energy efficiency upgrades

By Lee Peart 28 May 2025

Pilgrim Hospital in Boston, Lincolnshire has been awarded £23m for energy efficiency upgrades.

PRIMARY CARE

Community pharmacy service offers almost 1m consultations

By Lee Peart 28 May 2025

A new community pharmacy service designed to bring care closer to home has offered over 952,000 consultations in the North West.

WORKFORCE

'Real concern' at ending over 21 apprenticeship funding

By Lee Peart 28 May 2025

NHS Employers has voiced ‘real concern’ following the Government’s decision to end level 7 apprenticeships for people over 21.

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