Articles by Liz Wells
NHS England data reveals patients satisfaction levels
By Liz Wells 10 January 2025
More than 95% of adults that attempted to contact their GP practice in the past 28 days were successful, with 77.8% making contact the same day, new date reveals.
Government responds to pharmacy report
By Liz Wells 10 January 2025
The Government has responded to the Health and Social Care Committee's report on pharmacy.
West Yorkshire ICB wins approval for health and social care data model
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
Wakefield has received national approval to roll-out a data model to help plan and deliver health and social care services.
NHS South West London welcomes new non-executive members
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
The South West London ICB has appointed three new non-executive members and two associate non-executive members, bringing a wealth of expertise to the board’s work.
Consumer healthcare association names new president
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
PAGB, the consumer healthcare association, has appointed Mike Knowland as its new president.
AI model can predict high blood pressure and related complications from ECGs
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
An AI model can be used to predict both the risk of high blood pressure and which patients may go on to experience complications from high blood pressure using an ECG, new research reveals.
Robot-guided biopsies tested on UK patients
By Liz Wells 09 January 2025
Researchers at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust treating sarcoma have looked at how, using robotic guidance, multiple biopsies can be taken across different parts of a tumour and analysed whi...
Ultrasound imaging technique 'reliably spots' prostate cancer
By Liz Wells 08 January 2025
A new imaging approach developed by researchers at Heriot-Watt University has shown ‘extremely encouraging’ results in early-stage clinical trials on prostate cancer at the Western General Hospital...
Bowel cancer risk could be reduced with an extra glass of milk
By Liz Wells 08 January 2025
Consuming an additional 300mg of calcium - about the amount in a large glass of milk - a day could decrease the risk of bowel cancer by 17%, new research reveals.
NHS England's chief information officer to leave
By Liz Wells 08 January 2025
John Quinn, chief information officer at NHS England, is to leave the role after almost two years.
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