14 May 2026
King’s Speech 2026: key health and social care points at a glance
Yesterday’s King’s Speech (13 May 2026) sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the next Parliamentary session and beyond.
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How you respond to a death has a huge impact for families, employees and your organisation. It affects how regulators, coroners and media respond. We help you get it right.
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- Manage the process smoothly. Be sure that everything is covered and that your organisation provides a competent and considered response.
- Reducing impact and costs. We look ahead for risks and deal with them early, reducing the impact on your organisation and minimising costs.
- Reputation and media. Helping you cope with media and communications to protect your organisation and people.
- Prevention of future deaths. Helping you assure the coroner and the public that action has been taken to reduce the chances of similar problems.
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- You've been great supporting us - often with very little notice - over the least year.Jonathan BeasleyBlack County Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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NHS partnerships with the life sciences industry
Cross-sector collaborations between healthcare providers working in the public or independent sectors and pharmaceutical industry have a strong record of delivering benefits for patients, the NHS and industry – so a ‘triple win’.
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The future Freedom to Speak Up
Last July, the Dash review on patient safety recommended that the responsibilities of the NGO should be undertaken by healthcare providers, with some national activities delivered by NHS England.
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NHS England’s neighbourhood health centre guidance: digital signals for industry
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Innovation needs failure – but not everyone is allowed to fail
The second Green Templeton Lecture in the 2026 series turned deliberately to the most uncomfortable stage of innovation: failure.
More - 24 Apr 2026
Neighbourhood health: Optimising use of your GP premises
New guidance from NHS England gives us more detail on how estates will fit into the neighbourhood health ambitions and while the big headlines are on the new build Neighbourhood Health Centres the number one priority is first using existing estate better.
More - 22 Apr 2026
Competition law developments shaping the health and care sector
Competition law continues to play a growing role across the health and care landscape, with the CMA taking a closer interest in how markets operate for patients, service users and the public.
More - 21 Apr 2026
Court of Protection clarifies the limits of welfare deputyship
In Re XY, the Court of Protection provided important guidance on the scope of personal welfare deputyship and the Court’s overriding role in best interests decision making.
More - 21 Apr 2026
Safety watchdog’s interim findings on mental health crisis care in emergency departments
On 8 April the Health Services Safety Investigations Body (HSSIB) published an interim report on Legislative challenges in emergency departments.
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