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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

ESTATES

NHS SBS offers sustainable gas solutions

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

A new enhanced framework agreement offers sustainable gas solutions for the NHS and wider public sector.

REGULATORS

Maternity services again rated inadequate following 'minimal improvements'

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Maternity services at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital have again been rated inadequate by the CQC.

SPIRE HEALTHCARE

Spire Healthcare confirms takeover talks

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Spire Healthcare has confirmed it is in talks over a possible takeover by private equity firms, Bridgepoint Advisers Limited and Triton Investment Advisers.

ICBS

Editor's comment - Light at the end of the tunnel?

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

The last 12 months have been particularly tough for NHS providers and ICBs faced with eye-watering demands to cut costs and hit ambitious targets while weathering strike action and record flu levels.

NHS GRAMPIAN

Up for the challenge

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Recently appointed chief executive Laura Skaife-Knight shares the progress she and her team have made at Scotland’s most challenged health board, NHS Grampian.

Lower thresholds for bowel cancer testing announced

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

The threshold for when a home screening kit triggers cancer testing is to be lowered from next month.

REGULATION

Trust accepts 'causal connection' between infections and water system

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has accepted there was a ‘causal connection’ between the infection of some patients with issues with its water system.

MENTAL HEALTH

NHS 'falling short' on autism and ADHD, admits Streeting

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has admitted the NHS is ‘falling short’ on meeting demand for adult autism and ADHD diagnosis.

PREVENTION

Scotland leads on damp and mould regulations

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

Regulations to protect tenants from damp and mould have been announced in Scotland.

NOROVIRUS

Norovirus cases soar by 60% in two weeks

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

The number of norovirus cases has soared by 60% in the past two weeks, according to UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) data.

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