The Professional Standards Authority (PSA) for Health and Social Care has introduced a single set of standards across regulators and Accredited Registers to strengthen public protection.
The Maternity and Newborn Safety Investigations (MNSI) programme will continue to at least 2030, the DHSC has confirmed.
Patients are to get some new medicines up to six months earlier under a streamlined approval process launched by the MHRA and NICE.
Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) have voted against an assisted dying bill.
The Non-surgical Procedures and Functions of Medical Reviewers (Scotland) Bill, which regulates higher-risk cosmetic procedures such as Botox and fillers, has been passed.
A CQC inspection of St Andrew’s hospital in Northampton has found CQC footage showing the use of inappropriate restraint and staff assaulting patients.
The Charity Commission has opened a regulatory compliance case into St Andrew’s Healthcare.
A coroner has found a mistake on a form led to worse care for an 88-year-old woman who later died.
Health and social care secretary Wes Streeting has appointed Donna Ockenden as the chair of the Leeds Teaching Hospitals maternity inquiry.
The NHS is facing calls for the faster roll out of weight loss drugs as the soaring private market poses health risks to consumers.
Over 10,000 calls have been made to Martha’s Rule helplines in the first 16 months of the scheme.
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