Articles by Liz Wells
NHS Grampian trials tech to help patients self-administer drugs
By Liz Wells 14 November 2024
The medical ward at Royal Aberdeen Children’s Hospital has provided the first testing site in the UK for a new intelligent cabinet, which stores routine medicines securely and alerts patients when ...
Merseyside trusts appoint joint chair and chief executive
By Liz Wells 13 November 2024
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust (WCHC) and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (WUTH) have appointed Sir David Henshaw as joint chair and Janelle Holmes a...
Pharmacies vote to reduce services after funding cuts
By Liz Wells 13 November 2024
Pharmacy owners in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have voted in favour of the first collective action in their history.
Streeting pledges to contain NHS agency spend
By Liz Wells 12 November 2024
The government and NHS England are set to reveal plans to reduce the service's reliance on agency staff, which costs £3bn a year.
Trusts braced for another gruelling winter
By Liz Wells 12 November 2024
Trust leaders are bracing themselves for another tough winter with concerns mounting over whether the health service can meet key performance targets, a new NHS Providers survey reveals.
NHS rolls out new 'stop-smoking' drug
By Liz Wells 12 November 2024
An improved anti-smoking drug is to be rolled out on the NHS in England in a bid to save thousands of lives.
Ask Dr Bob - class conflict
By Liz Wells 11 November 2024
Our resident expert tackles your management dilemmas
What if the NHS isn't actually broken?
By Liz Wells 11 November 2024
Principal consultant Aidan Rave believes the consensus that our health service is ‘broken’ is nothing more than a way to avoid difficult decisions.
Robot wins
By Liz Wells 11 November 2024
North Bristol NHS Trust shares the work it is doing to develop surgical robot, machine learning, pattern recognition and gadgets.
Former health secretary takes senior DHSC role
By Liz Wells 11 November 2024
Alan Milburn has been appointed as lead non-executive member to the board of the Department of Health and Social Care.
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