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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Turnaround under way of worst performing trust, says Streeting

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the turnaround of Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is under way.

MATERNITY

Donna Ockenden to lead Sussex maternity review

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

Donna Ockenden has been confirmed as chair of a maternity review of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

WORKFORCE

Our Health Heroes 2026 finalists revealed

By Lee Peart 17 April 2026

Finalists for the 10th anniversary edition of Skills for Health’s Our Health Heroes have been revealed.

ESTATES

Milestone reached in recovery from devastating hospital fire

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

A milestone has been reached in Southampton General Hospital’s recovery from a devastating hospital fire.

ESTATES

Patients will have to wait twice as long for new hospitals without private investment, former minister

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

Former Labour Cabinet minister Lord Hutton, chair of the AIIP, the trade body for social infrastructure investors, has warned patients will have to wait twice as long for new hospitals without priv...

REGULATION

Leadership rating dropped from outstanding to requires improvement

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

The CQC leadership rating for Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust has dropped from outstanding to requires improvement.

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NHS admin failings laid bare

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

NHS admin failings have been laid bare in new analysis from The King’s Fund, Healthwatch England and National Voices.

PREVENTION

BREAKING NEWS: Covid vaccine 'an extraordinary feat' but trust must be rebuilt, inquiry finds

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

The development and roll out of the Covid vaccine was ‘an extraordinary feat’ saving an estimated 450,000 lives in England alone but work must be done to rebuild public trust, according to the UK C...

WORKFORCE

Joint chair appointed to lead mental and community health trusts

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

Colin Lynch has been appointed joint chair of Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust and Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust.

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Target could be 'narrowly missed' despite waiting times progress

By Lee Peart 16 April 2026

Leaders have warned the referral to treatment interim waiting time target could be ‘narrowly missed’, despite further progress in February.

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