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All voices01 Voice · Sector leader · NHS & care workforce/staffing
Alex Howells: no photograph is held, so the sector leader plate is shown instead.
Sector leader
Alex Howells
Chief executive, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
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press citations on 1 topic since 28 Jun 2026 · last quoted 29 Jun 2026
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Alex Howells: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Sector leader
- Role
- Chief executive, Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)
- Quoted on
- NHS & care workforce/staffing
- Tracked press citations
- 3
- Most recently quoted
- 29 Jun 2026
- First quoted
- 28 Jun 2026
04 On the record · press
What Alex Howells has said
By outlet · linked articles
- deeside.com1
- nursinginpractice.com1
- walesonline.co.uk1
Where Alex Howells has been quoted
- 01Hundreds of new nurses and midwives not offered NHS roles due to lack of vacancies | Nursing in Practicenursinginpractice.com · 29 Jun 2026
- 02Exact number of graduating nurses and midwives without NHS jobs revealedwalesonline.co.uk · 29 Jun 2026
- 03Nearly 400 nursing and midwifery graduates left without NHS Wales jobs after summer matching processdeeside.com · 28 Jun 2026
Verbatim
“These graduates represent an important part of the future NHS Wales workforce and we remain committed to supporting their future careers.”
“We recognise that this outcome will be disappointing for those graduates who have not yet secured a post through the initial phase of streamlining.”
“These graduates represent an important part of the future NHS Wales workforce and we remain committed to supporting their future careers. Alongside supporting those affected by the current position, partners will also be working together to strengthen workforce planning and improve opportunities for future cohorts of nursing, midwifery and Operating Department Practitioner students across Wales.”
Related media coverage
Recent UK press coverage of their topics, not necessarily citing them directly.
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- Aimee Eastment | Nursing Timesnursingtimes.net
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