ISO 14001: 2015 offers more than 300,000 businesses worldwide (and approximately 17,000 businesses in the UK) a guide on how to set up and run an effective environmental management system (EMS).
New legislation looking to ban psychoactive substances in the UK is being called 'rushed' by MPs, the BBC reports. It seems that the Home Affairs Committee has called on ministers for not working collaboratively with expert drug advisors and potentially risking the effectiveness of the legislation.
Regulations restricting the recruitment of NHS nurses from overseas have been temporarily lifted by the government. The move comes after warnings that medical services would be short-staffed this winter without support from foreign nurses.
ISO 9001:2015, Quality Management System and its guidance companion, ISO 9000, were published on 23 September 2015. Alongside the publication and now available is the online comparison guide 'BSI Essentials: 9001'.
ISO 14001, the environmental management systems standard, is now available. The standard has undergone its first revision for 10 years and was published on 15 September 2015.
New guidelines from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recommend that English schoolchildren should be engaged in the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, according to the BBC.
The NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA) has published new guidelines on the use of agency staff in the NHS. The rules introduce a ceiling for annual agency spend per trust and mandatory procurement frameworks.
Leading scientific research funding bodies have called a public debate on the ethics and regulation of genetically modifying human embryos and other tissues.
As has been reported on the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) website, a new report into health and social care regulations has concluded that an overhaul of the system is required in order to better support people and improve standards and services.
