Articles by Liz Wells
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.
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.
Patients warned about filming NHS medical care
By Liz Wells 17 June 2025
Patients who video their medical treatment for social media risk publicising medical information and compromising their own treatment, says Society of Radiographers (SoR).
Surge in youth awareness of nicotine pouches
By Liz Wells 17 June 2025
Awareness of nicotine pouches grew between 2024 and 2025 among under-18s in Great Britain, spiking from 38% to 43%, new research reveals.
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