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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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WORKFORCE

Regulating right

By Lee Peart 30 January 2026

Thomas Reynolds, director of policy & comms at the MDU, says it is time for real reform of regulating doctors.

REGULATION

Maternity services praised but urgent and emergency downgraded

By Lee Peart 30 January 2026

Maternity services have been re-rated good at Macclesfield District General Hospital but urgent and emergency and medical has been downgraded from good to requires improvement.

NOROVIRUS

UKHSA reports 18% rise in norovirus

By Lee Peart 30 January 2026

UKHSA has reminded people of steps to reduce transmission after revealing a 18% rise in norovirus cases in two weeks.

REGULATION

Improvements found in maternity and urgent and emergency services

By Lee Peart 30 January 2026

The CQC has found improvements in maternity services and urgent and emergency services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust (UHMBT) following an inspection in July.

DHSC

Clinical negligence a 'swelling accounting of profound suffering', MPs say

By Lee Peart 30 January 2026

MPs have accused the DHSC have failing to take any meaningful action as the Government’s clinical negligence liability has quadrupled over 20 years to £60bn in 2024-25.

REGULATION

BREAKING NEWS: People waiting too long for mental health care, CQC finds

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

People are waiting too long for mental health and are becoming ill while they wait, the CQC has found.

WORKFORCE

BREAKING NEWS: Surgeon harmed almost 100 children

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

A former Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) surgeon harmed nearly 100 children, an internal review has found.

DHSC

Ambulance teams deliver faster handovers despite high demand

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

Ambulance teams unloaded patients three minutes faster last week despite handovers being higher than at any point last winter.

COMMUNITY

Pharmacists warn NHS underfunding medicines by up to 80%

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

Pharmacists have warned of potential medicines shortages due to the NHS paying only 20% of some drugs.

PREVENTION

'Is it enough?' MPs to probe Child Poverty Strategy

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

MPs will examine whether the Government is doing enough to tackle child poverty in a new joint inquiry.

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