Articles by Liz Wells
Dog owners could be costing NHS millions each year
By Liz Wells 25 June 2025
Injuries sustained by dog owners could cost the NHS around £23m a year, new research suggests.
One in eight senior NHS staff from black and minority ethnic backgrounds
By Liz Wells 25 June 2025
One in eight senior managers in the NHS are from black and minority ethnic (BME) backgrounds, new figures reveal.
NIHR awards over £3m funding for technologies to tackle brain injury
By Liz Wells 25 June 2025
The NIHR has awarded more than £3m to 35 new medical technologies to tackle brain injury.
Trusts strengthen partnership with shared board roles
By Liz Wells 25 June 2025
The Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust and Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are strengthening their partnership by adding additional shared posts across the organisations.
MHRA joins global network focused on safe use of AI in healthcare
By Liz Wells 25 June 2025
The UK has become the first country to join a new global network of health regulators focused on the safe, effective use of AI in healthcare.
BMA calls for new medical regulator
By Liz Wells 24 June 2025
The BMA is calling for the creation of a new medical regulator, solely for doctors, after ‘prolonged and repeated concerns’ that the General Medical Council (GMC) has failed to protect patients and...
Public has 'little or no confidence' in Government plans to improve NHS standards
By Liz Wells 24 June 2025
The public has little or no confidence in the Government’s plans to improve standards and meet targets anytime soon, new research reveals.
Doctors 'using unapproved AI software' to record appointments, investigation reveals
By Liz Wells 24 June 2025
NHS bosses have demanded GPs and hospitals stop using artificial intelligence software that could breach data protection rules and put patients at risk, according to a Sky News investigation.
Pressure group urges health leaders to 'focus on sluggish productivity'
By Liz Wells 24 June 2025
TaxPayers’ Alliance is calling for health leaders to focus on ‘boosting sluggish productivity’ because there is ‘a risk’ that the NHS will be equal to a quarter of the whole UK economy by the end o...
NHS England to add at-home HPV testing to cervical screening programme
By Liz Wells 24 June 2025
Women and people with a cervix who are overdue for cervical screening in England will be offered an at-home testing option, in plans to help boost participation in the programme.
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