Author Profile

Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

REGULATION

Delivering real change

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

Dr Lorin Lakasing, author of Delivering the truth: Why NHS maternity care is broken and how we can fix it together, says real changes to the NHS requires real changes to NHS inquiries.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Call for Fair Pay Agreement to 'start small, move quickly and have teeth'

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

The Government must start small, move quickly and give its Fair Pay Agreement (FPA) for social care staff teeth, according to the Resolution Foundation.

PREVENTION

Life expectancy recovers from pandemic

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

UK life expectancy has recovered from the pandemic but long-term progress has stalled, according to the ONS.

WAITING TIMES

Most improved trust awarded £2m for waiting time progress

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust (SaTH) has been awarded £2m through NHS England’s Elective Care Capital Incentive Scheme for its progress on 18-week waiting times.

DHSC

Waiting list rises again as NHS faces 'tidal wave of flu'

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

The overall NHS waiting list rose by 6,002 to 7.4m in October after falling for the first time in four months in September.

SEND

Regulators call for NHSE to offer greater SEND support to local area partnerships

By Lee Peart 11 December 2025

NHS England and the Department for Education should provide local area partnerships with access to resources and training so they can support schools to take a needs-led approach to supporting chil...

DHSC

Roundtable: Autumn Budget raises more questions than answers

By Lee Peart 10 December 2025

The Government’s Autumn Budget has landed with a familiar mixture of anticipation and scepticism with healthcare leaders.

DENTISTRY

'Dentistry is on its knees', Lib Dems react to rise in tooth decay

By Lee Peart 10 December 2025

The Liberal Democrats have claimed ‘dentistry is on its knees’ after figures revealed a sharp rise in tooth decay since 2009.

MATERNITY

Improvements found in maternity care but work still needed in some areas

By Lee Peart 10 December 2025

A national survey of maternity care by the CQC has found some improvements in some areas, while noting care fell short of expectations in some areas.

WORKFORCE

Realities beneath the headlines

By Lee Peart 09 December 2025

Julie Rogers, chief executive at the Healthcare People Management Association and Paul O’Donnell, managing director at NHS workplace relations specialist CMP, say blaming line managers for workplac...

Most Read News

View all News
  1. Trust ordered to pay £450k for race discrimination and unfair dismissal
  2. 'Deep concerns' over fitness to practise case delays
  3. Reforms 'first step towards new era for NHS dentistry', says DHSC
  4. Visa rule changes risk care worker exodus, union warns
  5. BREAKING NEWS: Mental Health Bill receives Royal Assent