Compliance & Regulation

Health insurers have revealed to Health & Protection whether their workplace schemes will cover Covid-19 testing as employers are urged to look into all options to source lateral flow tests. This follows...

More than 13,000 employers have been warned by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for not providing a Covid-19 safe working environment. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) revealed that as...

A Lincolnshire independent healthcare service has implemented a quality improvement plan after it was rated inadequate by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Following its inspection of Healthlinc House, Welton in April, the...

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...