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The theme of this year's World Patient Safety Day is maternal and newborns safety. The UK is a safe place to give birth, but there are variations in quality and safety across the country for mums to be. Read more
What is the 'cap' and the 'floor' in the new plans for charging for social care? We give an explanation. Read more
We take a look at the Government's announcement on how it plans to fund social care and the NHS Read more
Patients Association Chief Executive, Rachel Power, and Deep Democracy facilitator, Philipa Bragman explain how Deep Democracy will help patient partnership. Read more
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The possibility of lifting all COVID-19 restrictions on 19 July is of profound concern to us. Read why. Read more
Read our 2020 annual review to find out how the pandemic changed our working habits but didn't stop our work. Read more
Our Chief Executive, Rachel Power, reflects on a tough year for the NHS and wishes it well for the future Read more
Our AGM for 2021 was on 1st July. Read more