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E-learning modules for healthcare professionals on minimising the risks of using medicines and information on how to access medical device modules.
This action plan sets out the measures that will be used to make NHS maternity services safer.
Guidance on naming human medicines, including Braille requirements for the name on the product label.
Sets out government policy on safeguarding vulnerable adults, including a statement of principles for use by local authorities.
Guidance for safe use in medical, surgical, dental and aesthetic practices
Information about how to register your homeopathic medicinal product through the Simplified Homeopathic Registration Scheme or the UK Homeopathic National Rules Scheme
Updated guidance on occupational HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) from the UK Chief Medical Officers' Expert Advisory Group on AIDS (EAGA).
A full list of schemes included in the Estates Safety Fund 2025 to 2026, addressing critical infrastructure and safety risk in NHS hospital buildings.
Memorandum of understanding for investigating healthcare incidents where suspected criminal activity may have contributed to death or serious life-changing harm.
Apply for and maintain registrations for the brokering of human medicines.
The Lampard Inquiry (formerly known as the Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry) will examine deaths of mental health inpatients in Essex between 2000 and 2023.
Directions on safety and security to providers of high security psychiatric services.
A poster explaining the different symbols used on medical devices.
An overview of the legal requirements for children’s medicines that Marketing Authorisation Holders (MAHs) need to abide by.
These documents remind health services of their duties to safeguard adults.
Guidance for healthcare professionals on effectively decontaminating endoscopes.
The Thirlwall Inquiry has been set up to examine events at the Countess of Chester Hospital and their implications following the trial, and subsequent convictions, of former neonatal nurse Lucy Letby of murder and attempted …
Explains how to report a suspected or confirmed norovirus outbreak using the HNORS website, for infection control staff in NHS hospitals.
Information about payments to GPs, dentists and ophthalmic performers who are suspended from the NHS performers list.
These directions require the Care Quality Commission to exercise the functions set out in this direction from 1 October 2023.
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