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New commissioner and extra funding announced to make maternity and neonatal care safer, fairer and more consistent across England.
Landmark patient safety initiative, Martha's Rule, rolled out to all maternity settings after review found serious and sustained failures.
NHS modernisation bill will introduce the single patient record, resulting in safer, more co-ordinated care for patients.
Michelle Welsh MP appointed as the government's first Maternity Adviser.
Safer and faster care for patients as NHS set to introduce single patient record and cut bureaucracy.
Sussex families to get answers as maternity review scope confirmed.
Secretary of State delivers a speech on NHS urgent and emergency care at Royal College of Emergency Medicine's (RCEM) annual conference in Birmingham.
The review will ensure bereaved families get the answers that they deserve.
NHS deploys specialist teams and expands urgent care services to tackle corridor care, cut waits and ease A&E pressure, targeting worst-affected trusts.
The most significant overhaul of the regulation of medical professionals since 1983 will be set out in a consultation on the General Medical Council Order.
Following an attack on Hatzola ambulances in Golders Green, the Department of Health and Social Care is taking action to support the charity and patients.
Members confirmed for new Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce chaired by the Health and Social Care Secretary to deliver improvements on maternity.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting appoints Donna Ockenden to lead the independent review into Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust's maternity and neonatal service.
Government rolling out Jess's Rule posters to all GP surgeries in England to act as reminder of a life-saving patient safety initiative.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care thanks Dr Camilla Kingdon for undertaking the review of children’s hearing services, and sets out next steps.
New paper sets out UK regulator's intentions to overhaul rulebook for rare disease therapies in UK
Patients with a potentially deadly illness will be diagnosed sooner thanks to a new life-saving patient safety initiative called Jess's Rule.
Backed by up to £440 million in funding this year, a further 12 hospitals are on track to complete removals by the end of March 2026.
Government announces 14 hospital trusts to be looked at in a national investigation.
Patients who use social media to plan cosmetic procedures will now access more reliable information thanks to a landmark new initiative.
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