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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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COMMUNITY CARE

NHS health squads to treat people at home this winter

By Lee Peart 19 December 2024

NHS health squads will treat hundreds of thousands of older and frail people at home as part of plans to manage additional winter pressures.

DHSC

Hospital flu cases pass last year's peak

By Lee Peart 19 December 2024

Hospital flu cases have already passed last year’s figures, according to NHS England.

WORKFORCE

Trust chief executive recognised with honorary degree

By Lee Peart 13 December 2024

Steve McManus, chief executive of Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, has been recognised with an honorary degree by the University of Reading.

CQC

Urgent and emergency staff facing 'extremely challenging' conditions

By Lee Peart 13 December 2024

Urgent and emergency staff at Royal Stoke University Hospital are facing ‘extremely challenging’ conditions, the CQC has said.

DHSC

Streeting issues indefinite extension to puberty blockers ban

By Lee Peart 13 December 2024

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has indefinitely extended a ban on puberty blockers.

ICB

Work on £10.5m Day Case Unit to begin in coming weeks

By Lee Peart 13 December 2024

Preparation work on a £10.5m Day Case Unit at Hinckley and District Hospital in Leicestershire is to begin in the coming weeks.

CANCER

England sees steep rise in bowel cancer in young adults

By Lee Peart 13 December 2024

England has seen the fourth fasted (3.6% per year) rise in the rate of early onset bowel cancer, a global survey has revealed.

STRIKE

NHS staff strike over outsourced jobs

By Lee Peart 12 December 2024

Staff at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) are striking over a decision to outsource jobs to the private sector.

ONS

Healthy life expectancy down on pre-pandemic levels, says ONS

By Lee Peart 12 December 2024

Most regions in England have experienced a fall in healthy life expectancy (HLE) compared with the pre-pandemic period, according to the ONS.

PROFESSOR CHRIS WHITTY

Chief medical officer highlights health inequalities in cities

By Lee Peart 12 December 2024

Chief medical officer, Professor Chris Whitty, has highlighted the issues driving health inequalities in cities in his annual report.

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