Regulation Archives

2 October 2017

HR Healthcare Ltd, which was suspended by the Care Quality Commission for failing to comply with standards, is operating again

14 September 2016

New guidance has been released on when an app becomes a “medical device” but attempts to control which apps creep

25 May 2016

The Care Quality Commission will push ahead with plans to scale down inspections and instead rely more heavily on data

29 October 2015

The Care Quality Commission has issued a consultation suggesting it could revert to trying to spot problems using data and

19 October 2015

All prescription medicines will need to carry a barcode on their packaging to reduce the risk of counterfeit and unsafe

14 May 2015

The British Standards Institution has published a set of standards to support developers creating health and wellness apps.

28 October 2013

Richard Brady, a surgical registrar, is worried that too many medical apps have too little medical input – and may

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