Articles by Liz Wells
Union accuses Leicestershire trust of introducing 'pay cut by stealth'
By Liz Wells 09 July 2025
Leicester hospitals have slashed free transport for staff, a move which GMB Union has branded 'a pay cut by stealth'.
Government-funded projects to help bring healthy food to those who need it most
By Liz Wells 08 July 2025
Households that may struggle to eat nutritious meals due to a lack of accessible healthy options are to receive government support through six projects across the UK, the Science and Technology Pet...
Employment Rights Bill amendments ban NDAs
By Liz Wells 08 July 2025
Employees who are subject to harassment or discrimination will no longer be silenced by controversial non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), as part of amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.
Proposed reforms to dental contract will prioritise those with urgent and complex needs
By Liz Wells 08 July 2025
Patients will find it easier to get an urgent care appointment under planned reforms to incentivise dentists to deliver more NHS work and fix the foundations of dentistry.
BREAKING NEWS: Resident doctors in England vote for industrial action
By Liz Wells 08 July 2025
Resident doctors in England are urging health secretary Wes Streeting to immediately negotiate a new pay deal after voting overwhelmingly in favour of strike action.
MPs find medicines shortages now 'systemic threat' to patient care
By Liz Wells 08 July 2025
A new report from the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Pharmacy calls for urgent reforms to medicines supply, after describing shortages as a 'permanent and escalating feature' of the health...
Communication breakthrough
By Liz Wells 07 July 2025
AI is improving NHS communications, although adoption remains uneven and ungoverned, but that is set to change with the launch of a new collaborative network of leaders and peers
Northumbria health staff to strike over 'missing wages'
By Liz Wells 07 July 2025
Hundreds of healthcare assistants employed by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are to take strike action later this month in a dispute over 'wages they are owed'.
Derby and Burton trust appoints substantive executive chief operating officer
By Liz Wells 07 July 2025
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust has selected Paran Govender as its substantive executive chief operating officer.
Employment Rights Bill amendment expands bereavement leave to pregnancy loss
By Liz Wells 07 July 2025
Families who experience pregnancy loss before 24 weeks are set to become entitled to protected bereavement leave, under new amendments to the Employment Rights Bill.
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