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34 hospitals in England have roofs made of RAAC which are on the brink of collapse causing potential safety risks for patients and staff...

The Care Quality Commission are making significant changes to the way they regulate and inspect health and care providers...

New guidance published to support healthcare professionals involved in information sharing and information governance for the purposes of safeguarding individuals from radicalisation under the Prevent programme...

In its new report, Safer care for all – solutions from professional regulation and beyond, the Professional Standards Authority highlight some of the key challenges facing the quality of health and social care in 2022...

Public inquiries are used most commonly to look into issues of national importance...

Progress on the new Liberty Protection Safeguards scheme due to replace Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards is expected “later” this year...

The health and care regulator has taken various steps to strengthen regulation of services for people with a learning disability and autistic people...

Safety watchdog rolls out free online training for NHS staff in health and social care settings in England, who are involved in safety investigations...

The decision in Davison v HM Coroner for Hertfordshire provides a wealth of useful reminders and lessons for everyone involved in seeking a fresh inquest...

In an article for Laing Buisson’s Care Markets UK, partner and head of immigration, Alex Russell looks at immigration developments and the direction of travel and what this means for the care sector...

The Serious Incident Framework from 2015 is to be replaced with the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework . This is described as a fundamental shift in how the NHS responds to patient safety incidents. 

We need a transformative approach to children’s social care in this country and we need to look at what children’s homes need to provide, from the perspective of the child, says the Children’s Commissioner in a new report on reforming children’s homes...