Compliance & Regulation

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has prevented a South East London private hospital performing surgery due to safety concerns. The CQC rated the Belvedere Private Hospital in Knee Hill, South East London...

Protection insurers have received a ringing endorsement from government for the role they play in supporting workers' health. The endorsement features in government's response to its Health is everyone’s business: proposals to...

Advisers have been urged to make their voices heard about a perceived unfairness on how the Financial Service Compensation Scheme (FSCS) funding model works. Last week, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced...

Spire Healthcare shareholders have blocked the proposed takeover of the private healthcare provider by Ramsay Health Care. In late May the boards of both firms revealed they had reached agreement on Ramsay...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) received more than 1,500 complaints about its service and operations in the 2020-21 financial year, a rise of 21% from the previous year and almost three times...

The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has told Mediscan Diagnostic Services Limited to stop some of its procedures and make urgent improvements to the quality of its diagnostic and screening core service. The...

Insurers have clarified their positions the issue of mask wearing in the office. Today many remaining Covid precautions are being lifted in England - including the legal obligation to wear a face...

The watchdog that oversees financial regulators has criticised the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for repeating failings from the Keydata saga of 2009 in two of the most high-profile collapses of the last...

Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Nikhil Rathi has committed to building a more assertive FCA which test its powers to the limit. Speaking about the regulator’s ongoing approach, Rathi said he would...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has committed to a policy review of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) to ensure it strikes the right balance between providing a safety net for consumers...