Lee Peart

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Editor-In-Chief at caring-times.co.uk

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Articles

Hospital stroke rehabilitation gym nears completion

2 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

A stroke rehabilitation gym is expected to open this month at Montagu Hospital in Mexborough, South Yorkshire. As part of a wider £1.4m investment in stroke services, the gym has been funded by the Fred and Ann Green Legacy, alongside support from DBTH Charity. It will feature £700,000k robotic rehabilitation devices that will serve as ‘therapy multipliers,' enabling patients to engage in highly focused, intensive therapy sessions under the guidance of expert clinicians.
Partnership seeks to address growing rehabilitation and mental health demand

2 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

The 18-month reconfiguration will see the creation of a Centre of Excellence for Rehabilitation and Ageing Well at Mount Gould Hospital. Mark Hackett, interim chief executive for UHP and Michelle Thomas, chief executive for Livewell Southwest, said: ‘The reconfiguration of the bed base on the Mount Gould Hospital site gives us an opportunity to provide specialist beds for the needs of our local population, and create a Centre of Excellence for Rehabilitation and Ageing Well.
Challenges facing radiology and clinical oncology laid bare

2 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Lee Peart

The Royal College of Radiologists' (RCR) 2024 clinical radiology and clinical oncology workforce census reveals that the shortfalls in both workforces stands at 29% and 15%, respectively. These are each set to rise to 39% and 19% by 2029, should no action be taken. The RCR says the deficits are the product of ‘chronic under-investment in staff, which coincides with spiking demand for our expertise'.
Trust secures £7.3m to reduce critical infrastructure risks

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

The news followed the Government's announcement of £750m for urgent hospital repairs last month. Joe Teape, chief executive, Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust, said: ‘We've been very open that the age and condition of our estate at Torbay Hospital is having an impact on our patients, our staff and our ability to delivery high quality care. ‘While we welcome this investment to help mitigate our immediate risks, the need for significant investment in Torbay Hospital remains.
Northumbria Health and Care Academy officially opens

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Lee Peart

The £32m academy, which is part of Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust's commitment to develop its staff, sits on the site of the Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital in Cramlington. The facility offers courses to nurses, midwives and allied health professionals, such as physiotherapists, radiographers, podiatrists and occupational therapists. Courses range from apprenticeships to clinical skills programmes to a degree delivered in partnership with the University of Sunderland.
Sickness absence at highest since 2008, ONS finds

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

The ONS data shows absence rates in 2024 returned to the 2% pre-pandemic level but the number of working days lost remained higher than in the decade before the pandemic.
NHS Advisory Board for Procurement and Supply appoints new chair

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Lee Peart

Harrison's appointment follows the appointment of former long-serving chair Sir James Mackey to chief executive of NHS England. Harrison has served as a chief executive of Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust since 2013, transforming its record across several key areas and pioneering digital advances. He is also the NHS England national director for digital channels, chair of the NHS Confederation Employers Policy Board, and a trustee of the NHS Confederation.
North East and North Cumbria ICB launches medicines strategy

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Liz Wells |Lee Peart

Every year, more than £1bn is spent on medicines in the North East and North Cumbria, with around 7.5m prescriptions issued each month. The new strategy outlines several key areas to improve the use of medicines, including: Reducing unnecessary prescriptions - up to 10% of prescribed medication currently issued are not actually needed.
Free school meals eligibility expanded by Government

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

The Government has announced it is providing over half a million more free school meals. From the start of the 2026 school year, every pupil whose household is on Universal Credit will have the entitlement.
Mental health 'secondary status' jeopardises 'three shifts', leaders warn

3 days ago | healthcare-management.uk | Lee Peart |Liz Wells

A report by NHS Providers says failing to support the mental health sector to address systemic challenges it faces – including steep growth in and the changing nature of demand, and the availability and consistency of high-quality care - risks reinforcing its longstanding ‘secondary status' compared to physical health services, with serious knock-on effects for the rest of the health and care system.