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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Significant NHS structural reforms announced in Scotland

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

Scottish First Minister John Swinney has announced significant structural NHS reforms.

PREVENTION

Surge in young people attending A&E in mental health crisis

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

A surge in young people attending A&E in mental health crisis has been revealed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH).

ESTATES

New surgical centre opens at Musgrove Park Hospital

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

A new surgical centre has opened at Musgrove Park Hospital in Somerset.

ESTATES

Work to begin on new look hospital entrance

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

Work is to begin on a new look entrance at Harrogate District Hospital.

Government tables Health Bill amendments

By Lee Peart 02 September 2026

Amendments to the Health Bill aimed at modernising the legislative framework for the regulation of medicines and medical devices in the UK have been tabled by the Government.

PREVENTION

Opposition parties call on Burnham to back breast cancer appeal

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

All 17 UK opposition parties have united to call on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to back a £20m, five-year research programme into invasive lobular breast cancer.

WORKFORCE

Support for upfront healthcare student costs

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

Healthcare students are to receive upfront support for travel and accommodation costs for clinical placements under new plans to reduce the financial barriers to training.

COMMUNITY

Scotland pledges to deliver more healthcare at home

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

The Scottish Government has pledged to eradicate corridor care through its Health and Care Improving Flow Plan.

WORKFORCE

Mental health trust appoints interim chair

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

Jackie Craissati has been appointed interim chair of Essex Partnership University Foundation Trust (EPUT) from 1 September.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Only 5% of public think social care should be private

By Lee Peart 01 September 2026

Just 5% of the public think social care providers should be privately run, according to a think-tank survey.

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