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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

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.

DHSC

Healthwatch abolition an opportunity to put patients at heart of healthcare reform

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

The Government’s decision to abolition Healthwatch is an opportunity to put patients at the centre of healthcare improvements, according to The King’s Fund.

PREVENTION

Landmark £10m asthma and COPD partnership announced

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

A landmark £10m partnership that aims to shift care for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) from hospitals to the community has been announced.

REGULATION

Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations programme to continue to 2030

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) programme will continue to at least 2030, the DHSC has confirmed.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: UKHSA announces further rise in meningitis cases

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

The number of meningitis cases following the Kent outbreak has increased to 27, according to the UKHSA.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

ICB savings risk shifting care costs to councils, think-tank warns

By Lee Peart 19 March 2026

An ICB’s £277m savings programme for 2025/26 risks shifting care costs to local councils and residents, the Nuffield Trust has warned.

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