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Lee Peart

Lee Peart

Editor of Healthcare Management

Articles by Lee Peart

MENTAL HEALTH

MPs slam 'disappointing' response to screen time report

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

MPs have slammed the Government’s response to a report calling for greater controls on children’s screen time as ‘disappointing’ and ‘weak’.

REGULATION

Trust targets key areas for improvement after CQC downgrade

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

An improvement plan focused on 10 key priority areas has been developed by Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust after its wards for older people with mental health problems were downgraded from good t...

CQC

Call for 'equity of experience' in hospital care of children and young people

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

A CQC report has identified ‘notable differences in experiences’ for autistic children and young people and those with a disability or a mental health condition in hospital care.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Care coalition calls for significant social care funding in Spending Review

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

A coalition of stakeholders has called for significant investment in social care in the Spending Review on 11 June.

Obesity management service gets go ahead in Northern Ireland

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

Health minister Mike Nesbitt has given the go-ahead for a regional obesity management service in Northern Ireland.

DHSC

EXCLUSIVE: The NHS 10-Year Health Plan: conditions for success

By Lee Peart 22 May 2025

NHS Providers interim chief executive Saffron Cordery sets out five conditions needed for a successful 10-Year Health Plan (10YHP).

DEMENTIA

Dementia group warns of global health crisis

By Lee Peart 21 May 2025

An international federation of dementia organisations has warned the world is heading towards a global health crisis.

COVID

Global agreement to protect UK from pandemic threat

By Lee Peart 21 May 2025

The UK Government has adopted a global agreement to better protect against future pandemic threats.

PREVENTION

Vitamin B12 deficiency could raise health risks during pregnancy, research warns

By Lee Peart 21 May 2025

Vitamin B12 deficiency during pregnancy could raise the risk of diabetes and heart problems for mothers and their children, according to new research.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

NHS and local government partner on gonorrhoea vaccine

By Lee Peart 21 May 2025

The NHS and local government have partnered on the roll-out of a world-first vaccine programme to prevent gonorrhoea.

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