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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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REGULATION

Insulin pen redesign needed for disabled users, says HSSIB

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

The MHRA has been urged to push manufacturers to redesign insulin pens for disabled users.

WORKFORCE

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex makes board appointments

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Health Innovation Kent Surrey Sussex (KSS) has appointed Dr Nicolas Huber and Gautam Kainth as non-executive directors.

PREVENTION

NHS delivers extra million cancer scans each year

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

A million extra cancer scans are being delivered each year thanks to new scanners and cutting-edge AI technology.

ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL

Trust 'profoundly sorry' for failings that led to child's death

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust has said it is ‘profoundly sorry’ for failings that led to the death of one-year-old Eleanor Hazel Aldred-Owen who suffered from a defect affecting the sku...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

BREAKING NEWS: Five-year settlement rights given to health and care workers

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Care workers earning £25,000 and doctors and nurses will be given settlement rights after five years under reforms announced by the home secretary.

PREVENTION

MPs urge Burnham to make tackling obesity 'clear, personal mission'

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Prime Minister Andy Burnham has been urged to make tackling obesity his personal mission in a new report by MPs.

PREVENTION

UKHSA reveals 'true national burden of chickenpox'

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Data from the UKHSA has revealed over 3,000 infants with chickenpox were hospitalised last year.

PREVENTION

Trial aims to safely cut breast cancer radiotherapy treatment time

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Thirty-nine hospitals have joined a trial to test whether breast cancer radiotherapy can be safely cut from three weeks to 5 days.

DHSC

Healthcare leaders welcome u-turn on Healthwatch abolition

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Healthcare leaders have welcomed last week’s announcement that Healthwatch abolition has been dropped from the Health Bill.

DIGITAL

Staff suspended over inappropriate access of Southport attack records

By Lee Peart 02 November 2026

Two staff members at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital have been suspended as part of an investigation into inappropriate access of patients’ records connected to the Southport attacks of July 202...

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