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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

NHS PROVIDERS

EXCLUSIVE: Saffron Cordery says it's time to prioritise mental health

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

NHS Providers interim chief executive, Saffron Cordery, says it’s time to give mental health the priority it deserves.

SOCIAL CARE

Lords vote to exempt social care from NIC hike

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

The House of Lords voted yesterday to exempt social care providers from a National Insurance hike set to come into force in April.

DR PENNY DASH

BREAKING NEWS: 'I'm no mouthpiece', Dash tells MPs' committee

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

Dr Penny Dash, the Government’s preferred candidate for the next chair of NHS England (NHSE), has said she is ‘no mouthpiece’, during a Health and Social Care Committee hearing this morning.

DHSC

Hospices receive £25m to improve services and facilities

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

Hospices in England are receiving £25m for facility upgrades and refurbishments.

RCP

'Corridor care' in hospitals now routine, doctors say

By Lee Peart 26 February 2025

Treating hospital patients in corridors, waiting rooms and other unsuitable spaces has become routine, with four in five (78%) doctors providing care in these conditions in the past month, a survey...

ASSISTED DYING

Assisted Dying Bill takes 'a major step forward' in Isle of Man

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

Legislation to permit assisted dying has come closer to becoming law in the Isle of Man.

REGULATION

Improvements needed at trust's mental health services

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

Improvements are required at mental health crisis services and health-based places of safety run by Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust.

CQC

Improvements found at trust's children and stroke services

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

Improvements have been found by the CQC at children’s and stroke services run by Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Legionella delays opening of Sussex health centre

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

The opening of a health centre in Worthing, West Sussex has been delayed following the discovery of legionella bacteria.

PRIMARY CARE

GP access tops list of public concerns about the NHS

By Lee Peart 25 February 2025

Having easier access to GP appointments is the top NHS concern of the public, according to a new poll.

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