Author Profile

Liz Wells

Articles by Liz Wells

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.

NHS rolls out new 'stop-smoking' drug

By Liz Wells 12 November 2024

An improved anti-smoking drug is to be rolled out on the NHS in England in a bid to save thousands of lives.

Ask Dr Bob - class conflict

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Our resident expert tackles your management dilemmas

What if the NHS isn't actually broken?

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Principal consultant Aidan Rave believes the consensus that our health service is ‘broken’ is nothing more than a way to avoid difficult decisions.

Robot wins

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

North Bristol NHS Trust shares the work it is doing to develop surgical robot, machine learning, pattern recognition and gadgets.

Former health secretary takes senior DHSC role

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Alan Milburn has been appointed as lead non-executive member to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care.

GOSH pilots AI tool to give clinicians more time with patients

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

Clinicians at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) have been taking part in the first NHS trial of healthcare AI tool from TORTUS to help increase face-to-face time during appointments.

Millions of GP appointments 'at risk' due to National Insurance tax rise

By Liz Wells 11 November 2024

The Employer National Insurance Contribution increase could put more than two million GP appointments at risk, new analysis reveals.