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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

Streeting's health experiment

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

The health deals recently handed to mayors could resolve flaws that have dogged the NHS since its inception, writes Matthew Taylor

Mental health platform partners wins WorkWell programme contract

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

Mental health platform Dr-Julian has won a contract from NHS North East and North Cumbria ICB to provide digital services under the region’s £19m NHS WorkWell programme.

Blood pressure medication recall announced by MHRA

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

Pharmacy and healthcare professionals have been advised to stop supplying a batch of blood pressures medication due to a manufacturing error.

'Gamechanging' AI helps improve MRI availability

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

Spire Healthcare has invested in AI to create more MRI diagnostic capacity for patients, reduce scan time and improve image quality.

Four-week target needed to address mental health treatment gap

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

A four-week standard from first referral should be set for children and young people’s (CYP) mental health services, according to The NHS Alliance.

Partners unite to promote health equality at summit

By Lee Peart 21 April 2026

A summit involving 250 healthcare professionals, academics and representatives of local communities has been held to plan actions that will reduce health inequalities across Leicester, Leicestershi...

Academy to co-ordinate and accelerate upper GI surgical research launched

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

The Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS) has launched AUGIS Academy, a new national initiative designed to unify and accelerate upper-GI research acro...

Harley Street £100m ambulatory surgery centre to open

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

A £100m ambulatory surgery centre (ASC) is due to open in Harley Street Health District at the end of this year.

Millions more people benefit from bowel screening

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

Millions more people are benefiting from bowel screening compared to a decade ago, new data has revealed.

Dash review finds 50% variation in ICB mental health spend

By Lee Peart 20 April 2026

A mental health review led by NHS England chair Dr Penny Dash has found significant level of variation in spending by ICBs on mental health.