Healthcare

    Health and social care regulator encourages people to raise concerns

    A new campaign encourages people to speak out about their concerns when they have an issue with health or social care services.

    Published date:

    26/02/2019


    NMC consults on new midwifery education standards

    The Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) has launched a consultation on new standards designed to improve midwifery education in the UK.

    Published date:

    22/02/2019


    Dentists welcome investigation into NHS fines

    The British Dental Association (BDA) has welcomed a new investigation by the National Audit Office into fines levied on NHS patients.

    Published date:

    05/02/2019


    BSI Annual General Meeting

    The Annual General Meeting of The British Standards Institution is planned to be held on Thursday 16 May 2019 at 389 Chiswick High Road, London W4 4AL. Formal notice of the meeting, including details of the AGM business, will be sent to members in due course.

    Published date:

    29/01/2019


    The value of digital maturity in healthcare technology

    An organization reaches digital maturity when it is no longer dazzled by theoretical possibilities but knows how to respond appropriately to the emerging digital environment. A new BSI paper authored by Professor Harold Thimbleby, Digital Maturity in an Age of Digital Excitement: Digital Maturity Goes Beyond Excitement to Quality, provides a guide to this area in the context of healthcare.

    Published date:

    29/01/2019


    Is your workplace first aid kit up to date?

    What can go wrong when first aid is needed in the workplace? In a poorly organized situation, people panic and scramble around trying to find the first aid kit, only to discover the contents are old and tatty or unsuitable. It may be that no one knows whom or where the appointed first aider is – or even whether there is one.

    Published date:

    29/01/2019


    Pharmacists and patients invited to help develop new standards for community pharmacies

    The Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) has started work on its first ever professional standards for community pharmacy services.

    Published date:

    25/01/2019


    BSI first EU notified body to achieve designation to the Medical Device Regulation

    BSI was informed on 21 January 2019 by the Medicines and Healthcare products and Regulatory Authority (MHRA) that it’s UK notified body is the first in Europe to be designated to the new MDR (EU 2017/745).

    Published date:

    23/01/2019


    Clean air strategy could restrict farming and fires

    Clean Air Strategy 2019, published by the Government, could impose restrictions on pollution sources such as wood-burning stoves, open fires and farms, according to BBC News.

    Published date:

    18/01/2019


    Pet food labelling code gets EU endorsement

    New guidelines on pet food labelling have been endorsed by the European Union's Standing Committee for Animal Nutrition.

    Published date:

    18/01/2019