#MedSafetyWeek 2025 (3-9 November)
#MedSafetyWeek is a social media campaign that takes place annually usually in November and each year there is a different focus or theme to encourage the reporting of suspected side effects.
This year will be the tenth annual #MedSafetyWeek social media campaign and it will take place on 3 to 9 November 2025. The theme will be ‘we can all help make medicines safer’. MHRA is partnering with organisations globally alongside the Uppsala Monitoring Centre. Please do get involved on social media and help raise awareness locally using the materials below and you can also extra materials available under our resources page.
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month Wed, 1 Oct 2025 – Fri, 31 Oct 2025
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is the most important time of our year. A time for us all to come together and raise awareness of this devastating disease and its effects. However you’re experiencing breast cancer, this Breast Cancer Awareness Month and beyond, we’re here.
‘The biggest threat to safety is having too few nurses’, Royal College of Nursing responds to Dr Penny Dash’s review into patient safety
Responding to the review of patient safety across the health and care landscape, from Chair of NHS England Dr Penny Dash, RCN General Secretary and Chief Executive Professor Nicola Ranger said:
“Taking a match to independent organisations designed to protect the public is a high-risk move when things are still so unsafe for patients and tens of thousands of nursing posts lie vacant. Reducing duplication is always sensible and it is right that the new national quality board will focus on quality and outcomes, but patients must be prioritised over drives for efficiency and financial savings.
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