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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

SafeZone App helps keep NHS colleagues safe

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (UHL) has become the first acute trust to sign up to a new app designed to keep colleagues safe.

Over one in five patients waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

Over one in five patients (22%) are waiting six weeks or more for diagnostic tests, according to new analysis.

A&E

Dropped A&E target an 'insult to patients', say Lib Dems

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

The Government has come under fire after dropping a pledge to meet the four-hour A&E waiting times target by the end of this Parliament.

Addressing the curve of doom

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

Addressing the ICS Network National Conference in London last week, NHS Confederation chief executive, Matthew Taylor, said: ‘We are on a curve of doom if we are not able to address current pattern...

Revised NHS Workforce Plan to focus on community shift

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

A revised NHS Workforce Plan will be published in summer 2025 to support a shift from hospital to community care.

We hear what you want

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

We take soundings from our Advisory Board on what we can be doing better

Critical friend of Government

By Lee Peart 09 December 2024

Recently installed chair Layla Moran shares how the Health and the Social Care Committee will be holding the Government to account over the coming months.

ONS

ONS survey shows high satisfaction levels with primary care

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

An ONS survey has shown high satisfaction levels for GP, dentistry and pharmacy services.

TB

Tuberculosis levels rise 11% in England in 2023

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

The number of Tuberculosis (TB) cases in the UK rose by 11% in 2023, according to the UK Health Security Agency.

Air pollution reaches 20-year low in England

By Lee Peart 06 December 2024

Air pollution in England has reached a 20-year low in England, according to new analysis.