The courts are failing to ensure that people sentenced to community orders receive the mental health treatment they need, the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health has warned.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Effectiveness has been criticised for failing to evaluate older medicines that might not be providing value for money.
Healthcare Commission chair Sir Ian Kennedy has hit out at plans to merge his organisation with two other regulatory bodies, warning MPs that the move could 'set back development of a culture of...
The government has come under renewed pressure to introduce root-and-branch reform of long-term care for elderly people, following the publication of a report criticising means testing and the...
The former head of communications watchdog Ofcom, Stephen Carter, has been appointed chief of strategy and principal adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown. Carter, currently chief executive of...
Hospital trusts that fail to tackle superbug outbreaks will not be granted foundation status, Health Secretary Alan Johnson said this week as he announced a new strategy to control infections.
The government's Children's Plan sets out an ambitious vision for raising educational standards. Here, schools minister Jim Knight explains how a new approach to commissioning can help local...
Chancellor Alistair Darling will have to raise taxes or significantly reduce public spending if the government presses ahead with plans to reduce immigration levels, a think-tank has claimed.
All NHS acute and mental health services in England will be provided by foundation trusts within three years, the Healthcare Financial Management Association conference heard last week.
The health service must provide financial management training for doctors, nurses and other clinicians to improve efficiency and patient care, according to the Audit Commission.
Campaigners have welcomed government plans to radically transform care and support for elderly and disabled people by extending the system of personalised payments.
Local government minister John Healey has urged councils to look beyond the 'here and now' and face up to some of the long-term, deep-rooted problems that affect their communities.
Where next for the IPPR? Judy Hirst talks to its new co-directors about a more consensual style of politics and why two thinking heads are better than one
Funding for social care services for people with learning difficulties will be transferred from the NHS to local authorities as part of a wider overhaul, the government has announced.
The government is to investigate the scale and nature of the private sector's role in delivering public services, as figures revealed that they now provide £44bn worth.
Love it or loathe it, the PFI has been a part of the public sector for more than a decade. But with changes in government policies and in its accounting treatment, what future, if any, does it have...
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has announced a 'major acceleration' of the programme that allows local authorities to hand over surplus or disused buildings to community organisations for a token...
