Articles by Liz Wells
Personalised 'living drug' for aggressive leukaemia to become available on NHS
By Liz Wells 25 November 2025
An immunotherapy for patients with an aggressive form of leukaemia is to be made available on the NHS after 77% of patients went into remission during trials.
Chancellor urged to provide 'hope' for patients and NHS staff in Budget
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
This week’s Budget must ‘give hope’ that the NHS can be turned around and deliver new investment in nursing to transform care of patients, the RCN says.
GPs urge Streeting to commit to train, recruit and retain numbers needed to deliver safe care
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
The Royal College of GPs is warning that decades of chronic underfunding have left GP practices struggling to increase their GPs numbers, even as patient numbers grow and need for GP care and servi...
Scottish Government unveils funding for technology for diabetes patients
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
The Scottish Government is to invest an additional £6.9m to ensure 2,500 people living with type 1 diabetes receive access to the latest technologies to help prevent serious health complications.
NHS maintained almost all care for patients during doctors' strike
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
The NHS managed to keep more than 95% of planned elective activity going ahead during recent strike action by resident doctors, surpassing the 93% protected during action in July, new data reveals.
Completing the loop
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals and digital health firm QuestPrehab are trialling digital prehabilitation to support patients before and after surgery.
Nursing cadets explore future healthcare careers
By Liz Wells 24 November 2025
The King’s Nursing Cadet Programme runs at selected locations across the UK
Chancellor freezes prescription charges
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has announced that NHS prescription charges will remain frozen next year.
Thousands of NHS doctors trapped in 'insecure gig economy' contracts
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
Thousands of locally employed doctors (LEDs) – many of them international graduates and from ethnic minority backgrounds – are trapped on insecure NHS contracts with no access to training, career p...
UK health services risk 'huge holes' if internationally qualified doctors quit
By Liz Wells 21 November 2025
UK health services could be left with ‘huge holes’ if a trend for internationally qualified doctors to leave the workforce gathers pace, a new report reveals.
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