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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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WORKFORCE

Spire Healthcare announces new chair

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

Senior independent director Debbie White is to replace Sir Ian Cheshire as chair of Spire Healthcare by the end of September.

ESTATES

Over £1bn hospital part of Mid Cheshire's 10-year plan

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

An over £1bn hospital is part of a 10-year plan unveiled by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Care workers negotiating body to launch by end of the year

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

A new negotiating body will set up by the end of the year as part of the social care Fair Pay Agreement.

CANCER

Cancer patients rate NHS care nine out of 10 as record numbers treated

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

Cancer patients have rated their NHS care as almost nine out of 10 as record numbers receive treatment.

DIGITAL

Eight in ten people want right to give consent when AI scribes are used

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

Eight in 10 people (81%) want health professionals to seek their explicit consent when AI scribes are used, Healthwatch England has found.

PREVENTION

Pathways to Work employment scheme hits 100,00 milestone

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

Around 100,000 disabled people and those with health conditions have been supported by Pathways to Work advisers.

PREVENTION

Social media curfew and addictive feature crackdown announced

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

Nighttime curfews on social media apps for 16 and 17 year olds are to be enforced by the Government.

PREVENTION

One in five women attend A&E in year after giving birth, analysis finds

By Lee Peart 16 July 2026

One in five mothers attended A&E in the year after giving birth, with 6% having emergency hospital admissions, according to the Nuffield Trust.

Councils report three-quarters of a billion overspend on adult social care

By Lee Peart 15 July 2026

Councils overspent their adult social care budgets by £715m in 2025/26, according to the latest annual Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS) survey.

REGULATION

BREAKING NEWS: NHS England publishes quality strategy

By Lee Peart 14 July 2026

A quality strategy for NHS-funded care in England has been published by NHSE.

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