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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Trust boards approve business case for merger

By Lee Peart 10 September 2024

North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust and the Royal Free London group are planning to come together as one organisation.

UK entered the pandemic with not enough NHS staff, inquiry hears

By Lee Peart 10 September 2024

The UK entered the Covid pandemic with not enough NHS staff and a healthcare system ‘creaking at the seams’, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry has heard.

Calls for scrapping single world CQC ratings following Ofsted ruling

By Lee Peart 10 September 2024

The LGA has called for the scrapping of single word CQC ratings for adult social care services.

UK Covid-19 Inquiry launches healthcare hearings

By Lee Peart 09 September 2024

The public hearings on the impact of the Covid pandemic on healthcare begin today.

Extra appointments 'won't be enough' to meet 18-week waiting target

By Lee Peart 09 September 2024

The Government's pledge to deliver an extra 40,000 NHS appointment and operations each week will not be enough to achieve its 18-week waiting time target by the end of this Parliament, the NHS Conf...

PM says the 'last Government broke the NHS'

By Lee Peart 09 September 2024

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has said the Conservatives have broken the NHS through austerity and ‘misconceived reforms’.

Almost half of NHS trusts expect deficit in 2024/25

By Lee Peart 09 September 2024

Almost half of NHS trusts (44%) expect to record a financial deficit in 2024/25, a survey has revealed.

Public hearings begin on inquiry into mental health deaths

By Lee Peart 09 September 2024

Public hearings began today on an inquiry into mental health inpatient deaths in Essex.

Trust celebrates good rating for urgent and emergency services

By Lee Peart 06 September 2024

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has been rated good by the CQC for urgent and emergency services at the Royal Albert Edward Infirmary.

ICB joins national blood pressure check campaign

By Lee Peart 06 September 2024

NHS Sussex has joined a national campaign for adults aged 40 and above to get their blood pressure checked.