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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

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Waiting list breakdowns to help tackle health inequalities

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

New NHS data has been published to help hospitals address unfair elective waits for working class and minority patients.

GP

People finding it easier to contact GPs, ONS reveals

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

Fewer people are finding it difficult to contact their GP, according to the latest ONS statistics.

SOCIAL CARE

Care home workers twice as likely to live in poverty as average worker

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

Care home workers and their families are twice as likely to live in poverty as the average UK worker, according to new analysis.

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First round-the-clock neighbourhood mental health unit opens

By Lee Peart 17 July 2025

A first round-the-clock mental health unit has opened in East London as part of a commitment under the 10-Year Health Plan.

REGULATION

Patients waits over 60 hours recorded at London trust's ED

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Inspectors have reported waits of over 60 hours in ED at Croydon University Hospital.

SOCIAL CARE

MPs ask Streeting to 'fully address' social care cost of inaction report

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

The Health and Social Care Committee has written to health and social care secretary Wes Streeting following the Government’s response to its Adult social care reform: the cost of inaction report.

WAITING TIMES

Hospital pledges improvement on 18-week waiting times

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

The Robert Jones and Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital has promised to improve after ranking bottom in the newly published NHSE league table.

REGULATION

Patients waiting over 60 hours at London trust's ED

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Inspectors have reported waits of over 60 hours in ED at Croydon University Hospital.

ICB

ICB scales back intensive care unit services due to recruitment challenges

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

A temporary suspension of Level 3 care at Furness General Hospital’s (FGH) intensive care unit has been made permanent due to staff shortages.

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'We're not kicking the can,' Streeting defends social care record

By Lee Peart 16 July 2025

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has defended the Government’s record on social care while giving evidence to MPs.

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