Compliance & Regulation

Sharing NHS data with private companies presents a "remarkable opportunity" to link data with healthcare action but getting buy-in from the public is crucial as they currently do not trust the sector...

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned adverts from two lead generators offering life insurance quotes for being misleading and operating outside their trade. The regulator has put the lead generator sector...

The government will need to be clear what minimum service levels mean in sectors such as healthcare to make its rules during industrial action workable, an employment lawyer has warned. Yesterday the...

Unite has written to Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) CEO Nikhil Rathi warning of rising staff anger and discontent at the regulator after the union found 87% of members who responded to it...

The government's dental contract reform (DCR) programme has failed in its objective of improving oral health across England, with fewer patients treated,  reduced access for patients of all types, and lower patient...

The government has launched a £1m fund for new ideas to boost health and welfare at work for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and the self-employed. Under the scheme, successful bidders receive...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has told firms to pay particularly close attention to existing and new communications which customers rely on to make purchasing decisions as this is where its rules...

Baroness Zahida Manzoor has been reappointed as chairwoman of the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS). She was first appointed at the Financial Ombudsman Service on 2 August 2019 for an initial three-year term....

A lawyer is warning employers to put menopause support in place in for staff or risk being brought to tribunal. The caution came despite government pushing back against proposals to make menopause...

Around 10% of Personal Finance Society (PFS) members have voiced their concerns about the Chartered Insurance Institute's (CII) appointment of three directors to the PFS board. The figures were released by PFS...