Articles by Liz Wells
Bristol trust to axe hundreds of jobs
By Liz Wells 15 April 2025
North Bristol NHS Trust, which runs Southmead Hospital, will reduce its staff by 211 posts to help achieve £40m of savings in 2025/26.
NHS trusts 'fast-track ethnic minorities' to top jobs
By Liz Wells 15 April 2025
NHS trusts are 'fast-tracking ethnic minorities' to management positions and onto boards to meet diversity quotas, reports suggest.
Charities call for UK Government to support WHO resolution on kidney disease
By Liz Wells 14 April 2025
Kidney charities are calling on the UK Government to support a World Health Organisation (WHO) resolution on kidney disease.
Hertfordshire trust awarded teaching status
By Liz Wells 14 April 2025
East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust has since been awarded teaching status and is now recognised as a teaching trust.
TUC urged to tackle racial discrimination and inequalities in the NHS
By Liz Wells 14 April 2025
The Royal College of Midwives (RCM) has urged the Trade Union Congress (TUC) to support its call to eradicate systemic racism faced by global majority NHS staff.
Scapegoating physician associates is 'dangerous distraction' for NHS
By Liz Wells 11 April 2025
The 'toxic' debate around physician associates threatens to destabilise an already overstretched NHS, says Unison.
Gloucestershire NHS staff escalate strike action in pay dispute
By Liz Wells 11 April 2025
Phlebotomists at Gloucestershire Royal and Cheltenham General hospitals have escalated strike action in a long-running dispute over pay and grading.
Scottish Government unveils additional funding for National Treatment Centre Highland
By Liz Wells 11 April 2025
The Scottish Government has allocated £2.6m of additional funding to the National Treatment Centre Highland to deliver thousands of additional orthopaedic and ophthalmic operations every year.
Targeted breast cancer treatment approved for routine NHS use
By Liz Wells 11 April 2025
NICE is recommending capivasertib with fulvestrant to treat women with advanced breast cancer, which means the drug will be funded immediately through the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Lib Dems reveal 'stark postcode lottery' for GP appointments
By Liz Wells 10 April 2025
One in 10 waits for GP appointment were longer than a month in some areas, with a record 20.5 million waits of at least 28 days or longer last year, new data reveals.
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