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Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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DHSC

Call for winter discharge unit as patients wait months to leave hospital

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to set up a £90m winter discharge unit after revealing patients were waiting months to leave hospital.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council announces over £80k health and wellbeing award

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

Havering Council has awarded over £80,000 to community groups to improve health and wellbeing.

COMMUNITY

Revealed: Scottish communities awarded Pride in Place funding named

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The 14 Scottish communities in 12 local authorities receiving £20m each in Pride in Place funding have been named by the UK Government.

ESTATES

'Near impossible' – surgeons' stark warning on waiting list pledge

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

Surgeons have warned the Governments pledge on waiting lists will be ‘near impossible’ without investment in operating theatres and surgical staff.

WORKFORCE

RCN calls for 'fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care'

By Lee Peart 15 December 2025

The RCN has called for a ‘fully funded plan to eradicate corridor care altogether’.

WORKFORCE

Community skills centre opens on hospital construction site

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A community skills centre has opened on the site of a multi-million pound extension at Royal Shrewsbury Hospital.

WAITING TIMES

Trust secures £2m NHSE capital funding for improved waiting times

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded £2m in capital funding from NHS England after delivering one of the strongest improvements in elective care performance in t...

ESTATES

Acute medical unit to reduce pressure on hospital's emergency department

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

A new acute medical unit (AMU) is set to reduce pressure on the emergency department at Harrogate District Hospital.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Councils to be handed free school money to deliver SEND places

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

Councils will be given funding earmarked for the creation of free schools to deliver specialist places for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).

ESTATES

Inquiry opens into transforming NHS local estates

By Lee Peart 12 December 2025

An inquiry into making the NHS estate fit for the future has been launched by the Health and Social Care Committee.

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