Author Profile

Liz Wells

Articles by Liz Wells

Dorset healthcare workers protest over outsourcing threat

By Liz Wells 20 June 2025

Healthcare workers employed by University Hospitals Dorset NHS Trust have protested outside a board meeting at Poole Hospital.

BMA

BMA to launch indicative ballots of senior doctors in England

By Liz Wells 20 June 2025

The BMA is appealing to the Government to negotiate as it is to launch indicative ballots of senior doctors in England over their recent pay offer.

Lancashire cleaners strike for three more days

By Liz Wells 19 June 2025

Cleaners employed by private firm Mitie at three NHS health centres in East Lancashire are striking for a further three days.

Training to ensure healthcare staff have skills to handle learning disabilities and autism

By Liz Wells 19 June 2025

The DHSC has published new guidance to ensure health and care staff have skills to provide care for people with a learning disability and autistic people.

Urgent regulation of fat injections, fillers and botox needed

By Liz Wells 19 June 2025

An urgent clampdown on providers of aesthetic procedures is needed to tackle ‘the Wild West of untrained, unlicensed and uninsured individuals’ who may be putting lives in danger, The Chartered Tra...

Building a climate-resilient health system

By Liz Wells 19 June 2025

The UK health system is not equipped for adapting to the climate crisis and immediate action is needed across several areas to build resilience, according to a new report.

Care providers are 'working in the dark'

By Liz Wells 18 June 2025

Almost half (48%) of care providers report they are now effectively ‘working in the dark’, having insufficient advanced visibility of their organisation, new research reveals.

Record number of nurses, midwives and nursing associates

By Liz Wells 18 June 2025

The nursing and midwifery workforce has reached record numbers, with greater ethnic diversity, new data reveals.

GPS

NHS launches drive to catch one of the most lethal cancers

By Liz Wells 18 June 2025

Hundreds of GP Practices will comb patient records to offer urgent tests to people most at risk of pancreatic cancer, the fifth most common cause of cancer deaths in the UK.

London's NHS drone delivery network to expand

By Liz Wells 17 June 2025

The NHS drone delivery network in London is to be expanded.