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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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PHARMACY

Left open fridge door causes £25k medication waste

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

A left open fridge door has resulted in £25,000 worth of medication being wasted.

PREVENTION

More NEET young people report health barriers to work

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

Analysts have warned of a ‘generation at risk’ after revealing a rise in the number of young people not in education, employment and training (NEET) with a health condition limiting their ability t...

REGULATION

CCTV footage shows staff assaulting patients at St Andrew's

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

A CQC inspection of St Andrew’s hospital in Northampton has found CQC footage showing the use of inappropriate restraint and staff assaulting patients.

PRIVATE HEALTHCARE

Proportion of people using private healthcare almost doubles

By Lee Peart 16 March 2026

The proportion of people using private healthcare has almost doubled in the last three years, new analysis reveals.

NHS trusts report £780m deficit

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

NHS trusts reported a £780m deficit in 2024/25, according to analysis by The King’s Fund.

ESTATES

Hospital simulates emergency services fire response

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital has hosted a multiagency emergency services exercise to test co-ordinated responses to a fire involving explosive material.

INEQUALITIES

Tool to help cut stigma of child poverty

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

A new initiative has been launched to help parents and teachers with important conversations with children living in poverty.

MENTAL HEALTH

Local authority inconsistencies creating academic barriers for children in care

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Inconsistence in local authority practice are creating academic barriers for children in care, a new report has found.

COMMUNITY

NUH receives £10.5m funding for diagnostic centre scanning equipment

By Lee Peart 13 March 2026

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has received £10.5m in funding to triple the number of MRI and CT scanners at the Broad Marsh community diagnostic centre (CDC).

DHSC

BREAKING NEWS: Share of mental health spend to fall again

By Lee Peart 12 March 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has announced mental health share of NHS spending will drop for the third consecutive year.

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