The harm caused by pelvic mesh and valproate represents some of the most serious patient safety failures in recent NHS history. Both caused avoidable, life-changing harm on a large scale, with patients not always receiving the right information to make informed decisions about their treatment, failures in post-market surveillance and patients’ concerns too often being […]
I recently joined leaders from healthcare, technology, research and investment at the Milken Institute Asia Summit panel AI’s Health Care Promise: Getting It Right for Everyone. It was a timely discussion about how we can harness the benefits of artificial intelligence while ensuring it improves care for everyone, not just some. One theme stood out: […]
Today marks an important step towards ensuring AI is used safely, transparently and in a way people can trust across healthcare. The National Commission on the Regulation of AI in Healthcare has published its recommendations following the largest public engagement exercise of its kind ever undertaken in the UK on how healthcare technologies should be […]
Today, I am pleased to publish my Annual Report for 2025–26. I wanted to use this opportunity to reflect on the progress we have made but also the challenges that remain. As I look back, one theme stands out above all others: when we listen to patients, we make healthcare safer. Over the past […]
People with sensory impairment face challenges and no more so then when it comes to managing health conditions with devices that are not designed for them and medicines they have difficulty using. I have been contacted by many patients with vision or hearing loss who experience…
It is one year since I published the Hughes Report on the options for redress for those harmed by pelvic mesh and valproate. When I launched the report in Parliament on 7th February 2024, I never imagined that a year later I would…