Articles by Liz Wells
Chancellor freezes prescription charges
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that NHS prescription charges will remain frozen next year.
Thousands of NHS doctors trapped in 'insecure gig economy' contracts
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
Thousands of locally employed doctors (LEDs) – many of them international graduates and from ethnic minority backgrounds – are trapped on insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career p...
UK health services risk 'huge holes' if internationally qualified doctors quit
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
UK health services could be left with ‘huge holes’ if a trend for internationally qualified doctors to leave the workforce gathers pace, a new report reveals.
Scottish Government invests to improve patient care over winter
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
The Scottish Government is investing almost £1m to help reduce pressures on A&E departments and improve patient flow over the winter months.
Over half of GP practices report adverse impact from changes to online access
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
GP contract changes that dictate how patients are able to contact their practice have 'negatively impacted' patient care and practice staff, a new survey reveals.
UK did 'too little, too late', says Covid Inquiry
By Liz Wells 20 November 2025
The response to the pandemic by the UK’s four governments was often a case of ‘too little, too late’, according to the second report from UK Covid Inquiry chair Baroness Heather Hallett.
BMA urges Streeting to 'put aside hostile rhetoric' and secure future jobs and pay
By Liz Wells 20 November 2025
The BMA is calling on health secretary Wes Streeting to put aside ‘hostile rhetoric’ and sit down with the union to secure future jobs and pay.
Parliamentary report examines the future of community pharmacies
By Liz Wells 20 November 2025
Without urgent reform patients will lose access to vital community pharmacy services, warns a new report.
Work-related ill health continues to be higher than pre-pandemic levels
By Liz Wells 20 November 2025
An estimated 1.9 million workers suffered from work-related ill health during 2024/25, new data reveals.
Over 500 workers at St Helier and Epsom hospitals secure pay and conditions deal
By Liz Wells 20 November 2025
Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust has offered more than 500 cleaners, caterers, porters and patient transport workers a new pay and conditions deal.
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