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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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WORKFORCE

Moorfields Eye Hospital appoints Aruna Mehta as chair

By Lee Peart 04 November 2026

Arun Mehta has been appointed chair of Moorfields Eye Hospital from 1 November.

INTEGRATED CARE

ICB cuts must deliver savings and protect skills, NAO warns

By Lee Peart 04 November 2026

DHSC and NHSE must ensure swingeing ICB cuts deliver lasting savings and protect workforce skills and capacity, the NAO has warned.

PREVENTION

Men in poor areas four times more likely to die from avoidable causes

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Men in poor areas in England are four times more likely to die from avoidable causes than those in the wealthiest areas, according to new data.

INTEGRATED CARE

Health board consults on plans to close urgent care centres

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board is consulting on plans to close urgent primary care centres at three hospitals.

DHSC

Mackey says NHS years away from meeting A&E waiting time target

By Lee Peart 03 November 2026

Chief executive Sir Jim Mackey has admitted the NHS remains years away from meeting its target of at least 95% of patients being admitted, transferred, or discharged within 4 hours of arrival in A&...

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.

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