Articles by Liz Wells
MHRA appoints first chief medical and scientific officer
By Liz Wells 04 November 2025
Professor Jacob George has been appointed as the first chief medical and scientific officer for the MHRA, a role that will drive scientific excellence and shape the future of regulation.
Unregistered sonographers 'pose a danger' to mothers and unborn babies
By Liz Wells 04 November 2025
Healthy foetuses are being misdiagnosed as dead or malformed, and pregnant women are facing life-endangering situations, because high-street baby-scan clinics are offering ultrasound scans conducte...
SLaM chief to retire
By Liz Wells 04 November 2025
David Bradley, chief executive of South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SLaM) is to retire after more than four decades of service in the NHS.
Scotland's health boards secure £25.5m extra funding
By Liz Wells 03 November 2025
Scotland's health boards will receive an additional £25.5m this year, First Minister John Swinney has announced.
Scottish Government invests £4.8m on type 2 diabetes prevention programme
By Liz Wells 03 November 2025
The Scottish Government is to invest £4.8m on programme to prevent people from developing type 2 diabetes.
MHRA reforms will speed up path for rare therapies
By Liz Wells 03 November 2025
The rulebook for rare disease therapies will be overhauled to make it quicker and easier to get these therapies tested, manufactured and approved in the UK, the MHRA has announced in a new paper.
GMC reviews key workplace and patient safety guidance
By Liz Wells 31 October 2025
The GMC has launched a review of key guidance to doctors, physician associates (PAs) and anaesthesia associates (AAs)
Unions slam government's suggested pay rise for healthcare professionals in 2026
By Liz Wells 31 October 2025
Trade unions representing healthcare professionals have reacted angrily to the government's submission to the NHS Pay Review Body for 2026/27.
Ministers must 'set a date' to end corridor care
By Liz Wells 31 October 2025
A third of people said they would be less likely to go to hospital because of the Corridor Care crisis, and 53% said that they would feel more anxious if they found themselves there, a new survey s...
State of district nursing workforce a 'reality check' Government's NHS reforms
By Liz Wells 31 October 2025
Government plans to move more NHS care into the community won’t be achievable unless action is taken to address the ‘dire state’ of district nursing, with an estimated one in four district nurses h...
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