The head of the General Medical Council has warned that harm to mothers and babies risks becoming normalised because of a toxic culture of cover-up within the NHS. GMC chief executive Charles Massey will address delegates at the Health Service Journal patient safety congress in Manchester, saying that something must have gone badly wrong when trainee doctors fear speaking up. He will describe a tribal culture in which staff are […]

UK food and drink inflation could climb to 5.7% by December, the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) has warned, as cost pressures on manufacturers feed through to supermarket shelves. The trade body, which represents about a quarter of the sector, said prices were steeper than at any time in recent decades and revised its forecast from 4.9% in September to 5.7% by December. Between January 2020 and July 2025, prices […]

The head of the General Medical Council has warned that a toxic culture of cover-up within the NHS risks normalising harm to mothers and babies. Charles Massey, the GMC’s chief executive, is due to tell delegates at a Health Service Journal conference in Manchester that workplaces can go wrong when trainees fear speaking up. He argued the so‑called tribal nature of medicine can pit staff against each other, discouraging people […]

Scottish singer Lewis Capaldi will headline BST Hyde Park in London and Roundhay Festival in Leeds next summer, marking his return to live performances. The 28-year-old, who paused touring after Glastonbury 2023, came back to the Somerset festival this year for a short set on the Pyramid Stage. He said he wanted to 'finish what I couldn't finish the first time round' while managing Tourette syndrome, with the crowd helping […]