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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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WAITING TIMES

Hospital pledges improvement on 18-week waiting times

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has promised to improve after ranking bottom in the newly published NHSE league table.

REGULATION

Patients waiting over 60 hours at London trust's ED

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Inspectors have reported waits of over 60 hours in ED at Croydon University Hospital.

ICB

ICB scales back intensive care unit services due to recruitment challenges

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

A temporary suspension of Level 3 care at Furness General Hospital’s (FGH) intensive care unit has been made permanent due to staff shortages.

DHSC

'We're not kicking the can,' Streeting defends social care record

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has defended the Government’s record on social care while giving evidence to MPs.

INEQUALITIES

Research aims to address health inequalities in Deaf communities

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Researchers at University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust (UHDB) are leading a new study to tackle long-standing health inequalities in the Deaf* community.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Call to increase vaccination uptake following measles death

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Cllr David Fothergill, chairman of the Local Government Association’s Community Wellbeing Board, said there was an urgent need to address falling immunisation rates after a child died at Alder Hey ...

MENTAL HEALTH

Four key drivers behind youth mental health crisis identified

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Financial insecurity, deteriorating sleep quality, social media use and cuts to children's and youth services have been identified as the leading drivers in the recent alarming decline in mental he...

SOCIAL CARE

Councils social care overspend reaches decade high

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Council overspent their adult social care budgets by a decade high of £774m in 2024/25, ADASS has revealed.

PREVENTION

Eye vision self-test supports 10-Year Health Plan vision

By Lee Peart 15 July 2025

Addenbrooke’s Hospital in Cambridge has become the first UK hospital to use digital technology that enables patients to test their own vision in minutes while waiting to see their eyecare clinician.

DHSC

BREAKING NEWS: 'No room for manoeuvre on pay,' Streeting warns BMA

By Lee Peart 14 July 2025

Health and social care Wes Streeting has warned the BMA there is ‘no room for manoeuvre on pay’ as he confirmed talks with the union will take place this week.

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