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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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REGULATION

UK Covid-19 Inquiry: Hancock denies claim he ignored call for asymptomatic testing

By Lee Peart 23 May 2025

Former health and social care secretary Matt Hancock has dismissed a claim he ignored expert advice calling for the asymptomatic testing of NHS staff during the Covid pandemic.

TECHNOLOGY

Prescription tracking feature goes live on NHS App

By Lee Peart 23 May 2025

Millions of patients can now track their prescriptions thanks to roll-out of a new feature on the NHS App.

MENTAL HEALTH

Sure Start financial benefits could double costs, finds IFS

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

The financial benefits of the Sure Start early years programme could be twice as high as its costs, according to new analysis.

WORKFORCE

Trust spends £133k retrofitting ambulances with wrong wheels

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

East of England Ambulance Service (EAST) has spent £133,500 on retrofitting 75 ambulances it ordered with the wrong wheels.

MENTAL HEALTH

MPs slam 'disappointing' response to screen time report

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

MPs have slammed the Government’s response to a report calling for greater controls on children’s screen time as ‘disappointing’ and ‘weak’.

REGULATION

Trust targets key areas for improvement after CQC downgrade

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

An improvement plan focused on 10 key priority areas has been developed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust after its wards for older people with mental health problems were downgraded from good t...

CQC

Call for 'equity of experience' in hospital care of children and young people

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

A CQC report has identified ‘notable differences in experiences’ for autistic children and young people and those with a disability or a mental health condition in hospital care.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Care coalition calls for significant social care funding in Spending Review

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

A coalition of stakeholders has called for significant investment in social care in the Spending Review on 11 June.

Obesity management service gets go ahead in Northern Ireland

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

Health minister Mike Nesbitt has given the go-ahead for a regional obesity management service in Northern Ireland.

DHSC

EXCLUSIVE: The NHS 10-Year Health Plan: conditions for success

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery sets out five conditions needed for a successful 10-Year Health Plan (10YHP).

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