Teething troubles including staffing issues and a hold-up in the progress of the post-Brexit medical devices statutory instruments have beset the UK MHRA as it transforms to a new lifecycle-based regulatory agency that puts primacy on patient safety. But there is much to celebrate, says chief executive June Raine.

Graeme Tunbridge is looking forward to a new career with notified body, BSI, after nearly two decades as a civil servant. But where does his departure leave the UK MHRA at a time of critical change?

Inaugural artificial intelligence recommendations from NICE on radiotherapy contouring should allow clinicians to spend more time with patients and on complex cases where AI is not an option. But large language models are not appropriate in all cases, cautions Adrian Sutherland, principal healthcare architect at Endava consultancy.