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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

Call for new devolution framework to tackle health inequalities

By Lee Peart 24 October 2024

A report has called for a new devolution framework to address health inequalities and the creation of a local government finance taskforce to ensure funding is distributed according to need.

Mental health patients at risk of mental, physical and sexual harm

By Lee Peart 24 October 2024

An investigation into mental health units and wards has found patients at risk of mental, physical or sexual harm.

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Councils facing 'social care blackhole', Lib Dems warn

By Lee Peart 24 October 2024

Councils are facing a ‘social care blackhole’ in their finances, according to the Liberal Democrats.

Trust initiative cuts time frail and elderly need to spend in hospital

By Lee Peart 23 October 2024

A new service has been launched to help the cut time frail and elderly people need to spend in hospital.

Autumn Budget likely to be 'helpful but no NHS game changer', says analyst

By Lee Peart 23 October 2024

A policy analyst has predicted next week’s Autumn Budget will be ‘helpful for the NHS but no game changer’.

ICB identifies up to 30 unfit-for-purpose buildings

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

NHS Somerset ICB has identified 28-30 buildings that are not fit for purpose under an infrastructure strategy review.

Call for transformative shift to community-based care

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

A new report by The Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, supported by IMPOWER, has called for a transformative shift to community-based care.

Lib Dems call for £1.5bn ring-fenced winter crisis fund for NHS

By Lee Peart 22 October 2024

The Liberal Democrats have called for a £1.5bn, four-year winter crises fund for the NHS after revealing a 20% rise in 12-hour A&E waits this year.

Trust warns it could miss financial targets due to contract disputes

By Lee Peart 21 October 2024

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) has warned it could miss its financial targets due to disputes over new contracts.

Streeting promises 10-Year Plan for social care

By Lee Peart 21 October 2024

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has promised a 10-Year Plan for social care that will run alongside the 10-Year Plan for the NHS.