Author Profile

Liz Wells

Articles by Liz Wells

NHS rolls out remote monitoring and self-reporting tools across 12 areas

By Liz Wells 07 November 2025

Dozens of areas across England are set to roll out remote monitoring and self-reporting tools through the NHS App, which will make care more personalised and free up to 500,000 appointments every y...

Transforming data accuracy and efficiency

By Liz Wells 06 November 2025

Challenging EPR systems to evolve with clinical workflows can result in measurable improvements in patient safety and operational efficiency, says Johanna Kelly, chief nursing information officer a...

King's chief executive announces retirement

By Liz Wells 06 November 2025

Professor Clive Kay, chief executive of King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, is to retire in summer 2026, after a near 40-year career in the NHS.

UCL

AI-assisted brain atlas offers unprecedented detail in MRI scans

By Liz Wells 06 November 2025

UCL researchers have developed a new AI-assisted brain atlas that can help visualise the human brain in unprecedented detail.

NHS trust offers first fully tech-enabled pathway for colorectal cancer patients

By Liz Wells 06 November 2025

West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospital (WHTH) has become the first NHS trust to deliver a complete, technology-enabled pathway by providing digital prehabilitation (prehab) services to colorectal can...

NHS workers face rise in racist abuse, says Streeting

By Liz Wells 06 November 2025

Racism 'reminiscent of the 1970s and 1980s' has become commonplace again and NHS staff are bearing the brunt of it, health secretary Wes Streeting has warned.

BMA

BREAKING NEWS: BMA dismisses Streeting's fresh offer to resident doctors

By Liz Wells 05 November 2025

The BMA says health secretary Wes Streeting's fresh of package of offers to resident doctors in England 'does not go far enough'.

Independent review of social work regulation launched

By Liz Wells 05 November 2025

An independent review into the operations of regulator Social Work England has been launched to ensure that social workers are properly supporting vulnerable people.

NHS reaching 'crisis point' in consultant recruitment

By Liz Wells 05 November 2025

The NHS is reaching a 'crisis point' in consultant recruitment, as one in three consultant posts lie vacant in some parts of the UK and recruiting managers regularly wait more than 12 months to sec...

Rostering and bank technology helps trust cut costs and boost morale

By Liz Wells 05 November 2025

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust (MTW) has saved more than £565,000 in the past two years through the introduction of digital workforce management tools, while also improving workforce effic...