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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

Doctors enter formal dispute over funding cuts

By Lee Peart 19 August 2026

Doctors in Cheshire and Merseyside have entered a formal dispute with the secretary of state for health and social care over money saving targets.

Patient harm and delays found in advice and guidance investigation

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

NHS advice and guidance services (A&G) have contributed to near misses, patient harm and treatment delays, an investigation has found.

MHRA clarifies licencing route for microbiome-based medicines

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

The MHRA has clarified its position on the UK licencing route for microbiome-based medicines.

EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems set out three tests for cross-party social care talks

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan has set out three tests for cross-party social care reform talks with the Government.

Documentary explores highs and lows of major trauma centre

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

The intensity, challenges and outcomes of working in a major trauma centre are the focus of a six-part BBC2 documentary which begins tonight.

Expansion of robotic surgery training programme announced

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

The Shelford Group is expanding its Surgical Training in Advanced Robotic Technology (START) programme into the South East of England.

Scottish Government 'actively considering' corridor data collection

By Lee Peart 18 August 2026

Scottish health and social care secretary Angela Constance has said the Government is ‘actively considering’ the collecting corridor care data.

Union condemns hospital plan to cut managers' salaries

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

The Managers in Partnership (MiP) union has condemned a hospital consultation to cut the salaries of managers at Blackpool Victoria Hospital.

NHSBT apologises over organ transplant data breach

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

NHS Blood and Transplant (NHSBT) has apologised after sending unencrypted data relating to people data and receiving organ transplants via pagers.

Surgeon suspended over sexual misconduct claims

By Lee Peart 17 August 2026

Mohammed Asif, a consultant lung specialist at the Golden Jubilee hospital in Clydebank, has been suspended over sexual misconduct allegations.