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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NHS trust to transfer social care back to local council

By Lee Peart 24 March 2026

Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust is to serve 12-month notice of its plans to hand back responsibility for social care to Torbay Council.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Palliative care reforms must address children's end of life services, MPs say

By Lee Peart 24 March 2026

Children’s end of life services must be addressed in coming palliative care reforms, according to the Health Committee.

Spire terminates takeover talks with Bridgepoint and Triton

By Lee Peart 23 March 2026

Spire Healthcare has terminated takeover talks with private equity firms Triton and Bridgepoint.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: Meningitis outbreak 'passed peak', says UKHSA

By Lee Peart 23 March 2026

A UKHSA official has said the Kent meningitis outbreak has peaked after cases stabilised.

DIGITAL

'One of the most exciting times to be doing medicine', leader hails AI revolution

By Lee Peart 23 March 2026

Healthcare leaders have hailed the potential of AI to transform patient outcomes.

WORKFORCE

Professor Dame Jane Dacre to bring medical training into modern era

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

Professor Dame Jane Dacre has been appointed by NHS England and the DHSC to implement the Medical Education and Training Review.

PREVENTION

Government scraps two-child Universal Credit limit

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

The scrapping of the two-child Universal Credit limit has become law.

PREVENTION

Phoenix Hospital Group launches prostate cancer screening service

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

Phoenix Hospital Group has launched a Prostate MRI Cancer Screening service at its Harley Street hospital in central London and Phoenix Chelmsford Hospital in Essex.

REGULATION

Single set of health and social care standards to strengthen public protection

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care has introduced a single set of standards across regulators and Accredited Registers to strengthen public protection.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: Further rise in meningitis cases as vaccination drive expanded

By Lee Peart 20 March 2026

Two more cases of meningitis have been confirmed following the Kent outbreak bringing the total to 29.

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