Articles by Liz Wells
Virtual assessment helps hundreds of stroke victims receive fast-track care
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
A rapid, remote video assessment system for stroke patients that offers swifter access to life-saving treatment has helped hundreds of patients across Hertfordshire in its first year of operation.
Coventry University gets go-ahead to increase healthcare apprenticeships
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
Coventry University is to increase the number of its degree apprenticeships in health and care after being awarded £782,900 in funding.
Flavell to leave Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
Hayley Flavell, executive director of nursing at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, is leaving the trust at the end of November.
Midlands trust reverses plan to cut overtime rates
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust has agreed to lift the changes it made to pre-existing pay rates for doctors who do extra work, above and beyond their contracted working week.
Birth defects to be prevented by fortifying flour with folic acid
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
Legislation is being introduced that will require millers and flour producers to fortify non-wholemeal wheat flour with folic acid from the end of 2026.
NHS Grampian trials tech to help patients self-administer drugs
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
The medical ward at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has provided the first testing site in the UK for a new intelligent cabinet, which stores routine medicines securely and alerts patients when ...
Merseyside trusts appoint joint chair and chief executive
By Liz Wells 13 November 2024
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have appointed Sir David Henshaw as joint chair and Janelle Holmes a...
Pharmacies vote to reduce services after funding cuts
By Liz Wells 13 November 2024
Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of the first collective action in their history.
Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend
By Liz Wells 12 November 2024
The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year.
Trusts braced for another gruelling winter
By Liz Wells 12 November 2024
Trust leaders are bracing themselves for another tough winter with concerns mounting over whether the health service can meet key performance targets, a new NHS Providers survey reveals.
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