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BREAKING NEWS: People waiting too long for mental health care, CQC finds

By Lee Peart 29 January 2026

People are waiting too long for mental health and are becoming ill while they wait, the CQC has found.

REGULATION

Advice on mental health apps and technologies published

By Lee Peart 27 January 2026

Advice on using mental health apps and technologies has been published by the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA).

REGULATION

Government set to crackdown on illegal underage sunbed use

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

The government has unveiled plans to crackdown on rogue businesses flouting the law and putting children’s health at risk by selling sessions to under-18s.

MHRA

MHRA seizes illegal medicines worth almost £45m in 2025

By Liz Wells 26 January 2026

The MHRA, working with law enforcement partners, seized almost 20 million doses of illegally traded medicines, with a potential street value of nearly £45m, during 2025.

REGULATORS

Maternity services again rated inadequate following 'minimal improvements'

By Lee Peart 26 January 2026

Maternity services at Bedford Hospital and Luton and Dunstable Hospital have again been rated inadequate by the CQC.

REGULATION

Trust accepts 'causal connection' between infections and water system

By Lee Peart 23 January 2026

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) has accepted there was a ‘causal connection’ between the infection of some patients with issues with its water system.

PREVENTION

Wood-burning stoves could carry health warnings under Government plans

By Liz Wells 23 January 2026

New wood-burning stoves will have stricter limits on smoke emissions and would have to be sold with health warnings under proposed government rules.

REGULATION

London imaging centre rated good by CQC

By Lee Peart 22 January 2026

Queen Square Imaging Centre in London has been rated good overall by the Care Quality Commission following its most recent inspection.

REGULATION

Laws to speed up fitness to practise cases and rename PAs due this year

By Liz Wells 22 January 2026

Legislation to speed up fitness to practise cases, remove the GMC's right to appeal and change the name of PAs will be passed later this year, the House of Commons Health and Social Care Select Com...

REGULATION