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  • AVMA responds to GMC & NMC’s duty of candour consultation

    November 14, 2014

    Action on all our parts vital if cover-ups are to be effectively outlawed

  • Peers urged to ditch ‘dangerous & misguided’ medical innovation bill

    October 23, 2014

    AvMA is urging peers to ditch or radically amend the Medical Innovation Bill when they debate it in the House of Lords on 24th October. Read full Press Release Read AvMA’s briefing

  • AVMA calls for more robust regulation of ‘fundamental’ standards

    October 17, 2014

    In its response to the CQC consultation on fundamental standards, AvMA calls on the CQC to address the apparent tension between the need to uphold ‘fundamental standards’ introduced following the Francis report.  The public has a legitimate right to expect these standards to be proactively regulated, which does not sit well with the CQC’s desire […]

  • CQC report finds 80% of NHS bodies lagging on patient safety

    October 16, 2014

    AvMA says that the latest “State of Care Report”  published today by the Care Quality Commission is a stark reminder of how far England has to go on patient safety. Read full Press Release

  • AvMA/CQC PILOT SCHEME

    September 26, 2014

    AvMA and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) – the independent regulator of health and adult social care services in England, have entered into a pilot to help raise public awareness of the standards people are entitled to expect whenever they receive care.  The pilot commenced in July and is due to run for 6 months.  […]

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