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To strengthen safeguards, medical examiners will look at the cause of death in all cases that have not been referred to the coroner.

• Updated: 15 April 2024

UKHSA urges overseas travellers, including Hajj pilgrims, to check well in advance to ensure they are up to date and have all necessary vaccinations

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Community diagnostic centre (CDC) sites have already delivered over 7 million tests, checks and scans to patients across England.

• Updated: 11 April 2024

Department of Health and Social Care publishes terms of reference for statutory inquiry following deaths of NHS mental health inpatients in Essex.

• Updated: 10 April 2024

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) has today (9 April 2024) approved the medicine fosdenopterin (Nulibry) to treat the genetic disease Molybdenum Cofactor Deficiency (MoCD) Type A

• Updated: 9 April 2024

The government commissions the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD) to review the fees applicable under the hemp licensing regime.

• Updated: 9 April 2024

Batches of some products made by Legency Remedies Pvt Ltd have been found to contain a bacteria called Ralstonia pickettii (R. pickettii). All potentially affected batches are being recalled following an MHRA investigation.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

ACMD work programme 2024 letter to the Home Secretary from the Chair of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Charges for NHS prescriptions, wigs and fabric supports will increase on 1 May 2024.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Ventilators, oxygen concentrators, pumps and monitors among kit donated to Ukraine.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

Consultant unions have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the government's offer, with BMA and HCSA voting yes by around 83%.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

The MHRA has approved the combined antibiotic cefepime/enmetazobactam (Exblifep 2 g/0.5 g powder for concentrate for solution for infusion)

• Updated: 4 April 2024

UKHSA has published the latest data on scarlet fever cases in England. Scarlet fever is circulating, as expected for this time of year.

• Updated: 4 April 2024

The expansion of testing on arrest across England and Wales has seen nearly 100,000 drug tests on suspects whose behaviour was believed to have been driven by their drug abuse.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

Following MHRA approval of a clinical trial, early breast cancer patients on endocrine-based therapy can benefit from a study with camizestrant.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

The move will streamline processes within dental and pharmacy settings and improve patient experiences.

• Updated: 28 March 2024

Report shows vaccine coverage for children in the UK at 12 months, 24 months and 5 years

• Updated: 26 March 2024

Thousands of counterfeit or unbranded copies of LifeVac anti-choking devices are being sold across the UK. The public is reminded to check their product carefully against the images in MHRA guidance to identify whether it is…

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Those in frontline roles such as community nurses and physiotherapists will benefit, with organisations receiving funding for the payments in the coming months.

• Updated: 25 March 2024

Consultation launched on proposals to expand scheme to 1.6 million more people to help tackle tooth decay.

• Updated: 25 March 2024