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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

Local people invited to take control of £20m Pride in Place investment

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

Local people are being invited to join neighbourhood boards to decide how £20m will be spent in their communities over the next decade.

Streeting says NHS will 'weather the storm' of flu-demic and strikes

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has said the NHS will seek to ‘weather the storm’ in the face of record flu levels and December strikes.

Investigation finds NHS staff 'exposed to cancer causing chemical'

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

NHS staff have been left disabled and with severe asthma as a result of exposure to a cancer-causing chemical, according to an investigation.

Thousands attending A&E with itchy skins and sore throats

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

Over 200,000 patients attending A&E with minor ailments last winter, new NHS data has revealed.

Streeting announces review into mental health and ADHD services

By Lee Peart 04 December 2025

An independent review for mental health, autism and ADHD services has been announced by health and social care secretary, Wes Streeting.

Henry Boot Construction completes £3m mental health refurbishment

By Lee Peart 03 December 2025

Henry Boot Construction has completed the £3m refurbishment of the Maple Ward, mental health facility at the Longley Centre in Sheffield.

AI tool offers life-changing support to stroke patients

By Lee Peart 03 December 2025

An AI tool is offering life-changing support to stroke patients by speeding up clinical decision making and helping get patients rushed to specialist stroke centres faster.

Government accused of 'insufficient urgency' as 12-hour waits surge

By Lee Peart 03 December 2025

The Government has been accused of acting with ‘insufficient urgency’ after figures showed a 90-fold increase in 12-hour hospital waits.

Almost every GP offering online access as Government seeks to end 8am scramble

By Lee Peart 03 December 2025

The Government claimed it’s ‘ending the 8am scramble as it revealed new figures showing nearly all GP practices (98.7%) in England can now access their surgery online.

MPs 'deeply concerned' over plans to end FGM prevention funding

By Lee Peart 02 December 2025

MPs have expressed deep concerns over plans to end the funding of a ‘flagship programme’ to combat female genital mutilation (FGM).