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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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PREVENTION

Government consults on social media ban for children

By Lee Peart 20 January 2026

A public consultation on children’s mobile phone use, including a possible social media ban, has been launched by the Government.

REGULATION

Trust fined £40k for failing to manage hand-arm vibration risks

By Lee Peart 19 January 2026

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been fined £40,000 for failing to manage hand-arm vibration risks.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Call for 'national fee model' for care support

By Lee Peart 19 January 2026

Care Forum Wales (CFW) has called for a ‘national fee model’ to end the ‘postcode lottery’ of care funding.

WORKFORCE

Former senior manager jailed for £123k fraud

By Lee Peart 19 January 2026

A former NHS senior manager has been jailed for two years and six months for defrauding the NHS over £100,000.

PREVENTION

Thousands of men to gain NHS access to life-extending prostate cancer drug

By Lee Peart 19 January 2026

Thousands of men with prostate cancer are to be offered access to a life-extending drug on the NHS.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Every teacher to receive SEND training under £200m programme

By Lee Peart 19 January 2026

All staff in every nursery, school and college are required to receive SEND and inclusion training under a £200m programme announced by the Government.

REGULATION

'No link between paracetamol and autism during pregnancy', say researchers

By Lee Peart 16 January 2026

Taking paracetamol during pregnancy does not increase the risk of autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or intellectual disability among children.

WAITING LISTS

'Phenomenal' trust cuts waiting lists three times national average

By Lee Peart 16 January 2026

Elective care waiting times have been cut by three times the national average by The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH).

CRITICAL INCIDENT

Four NHS trusts stand down critical incidents

By Lee Peart 16 January 2026

Four NHS trusts have stood down critical incidents declared earlier this week.

ESTATES

NHP on 'firmer footing' but RAAC hospitals will miss deadline, says NAO

By Lee Peart 16 January 2026

The New Hospital Programme (NHP) is on a ‘firmer footing’ but hospitals built from RAAC will miss their 2030 replacement deadline, according to the NAO.

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