diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index ce6cb3d..e17985b 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "pip"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
+      interval: "daily"
     cooldown:
       default-days: 7
     groups:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ updates:
   - package-ecosystem: "github-actions"
     directory: "/"
     schedule:
-      interval: "monthly"
+      interval: "daily"
     cooldown:
       default-days: 7
     groups:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yaml b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eb2e4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/dependabot-auto-merge.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Auto-merge Dependabot PRs
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
+      - labeled
+
+jobs:
+  enable-automerge:
+    # Only run on Dependabot PRs
+    if: github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch Dependabot metadata
+        id: metadata
+        uses: dependabot/fetch-metadata@ffa630c65fa7e0ecfa0625b5ceda64399aea1b36 #v3.0.0  
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Auto-approve Dependabot PR
+        uses: hmarr/auto-approve-action@8f929096a962e83ccdfa8afcf855f39f12d4dac7 # v4
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Enable auto-merge for Dependabot PRs
+        run: gh pr merge --auto --squash "$PR_URL"
+        env:
+          PR_URL: ${{ github.event.pull_request.html_url }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
index e76322a..894a862 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -331,3 +331,37 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: poetry test publish
         run: poetry publish -r testpypi
+
+  slack-notification:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - coverage
+      - lint
+      - tox
+    if: ${{ always() && github.repository == 'NHSDigital/mesh-client' && github.actor == 'dependabot[bot]' && contains(needs.*.result, 'failure') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Slack Notification
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@91efab103c0de0a537f72a35f6b8cda0ee76bf0a
+        with:
+          webhook: ${{ secrets.DEPENDABOT_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+          webhook-type: incoming-webhook
+          payload: |
+            {
+              "blocks": [
+                {
+                  "type": "header",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "plain_text",
+                    "text": ":alarm: DEPENDABOT PR FAILED :alarm:",
+                    "emoji": true
+                  }
+                },
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "Checks failed for ${{ github.repository }}:${{ github.ref }} in <https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/pull/${{ github.event.number }}|PR #${{ github.event.number }}>"
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
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