Campaigners have warned that mental health patients face a ‘postcode lottery’ of care, as figures for primary care trust spending revealed huge variations across the country.
NHS bodies might be given more freedom to choose their own IT systems while waiting for the delayed patient records system, the head of the NHS has said.
An NHS chief has been criticised by politicians after warning that ‘humanity is on a path towards unprecedented catastrophe’ and that the economic crisis could have a devastating effect on social...
An expected second round of heavy snowfall was set to renew pressure on public sector managers this week after they faced criticism over road, transport and school closures.
A £250m social investment bank should be set up to transform the role of voluntary organisations in helping people back into work, according to the Third Sector Taskforce.
The Department of Health has again delayed publication of the new NHS treatments tariff after health bodies raised concerns about its operation during testing.
The government has launched a campaign to make stroke as recognisable a threat to health as a heart attack. Ministers believe thousands of deaths and disability cases could be averted if people were...
A programme designed to tackle fuel poverty has directed help to people who do not need it while omitting many who do, a National Audit Office probe has found.
More hospitals in England were forced to turn away women in labour last year because they were full or didn’t have enough staff, figures have revealed.
Charities have called on politicians to ‘hang their heads in shame’ after official figures revealed that social services spending on elderly people fell last year.
Doctors, nurses and other clinicians must take greater control of NHS expenditure, an unprecedented joint statement by medical and financial institutions has said.
Local authorities and central government have set up an emergency ‘Salt Cell’ to ensure there is enough gritting salt for roads, as the extreme winter weather continues.
The Audit Commission has admitted to MPs that councils’ treasury management capability was not on its ‘risk radar’ until after the Icelandic banking fiasco that has swallowed up £1bn of local...