Financial control of a flagship health service partnership in Bedfordshire was so poor that the scheme had effectively collapsed within months, a District Audit report has found.
Incoming Cabinet secretary Sir Andrew Turnbull has outlined a reformed structure for the Cabinet Office that dissolves the multitude of units set up after the last election.
An attempt to replicate Scotland's proposed system of free care for elderly NHS patients across the rest of the UK is likely to end in failure, Derek Wanless has warned.
Walsall Borough Council is almost certain to be the second authority to suffer direct takeover by the government after an Audit Commission report this week castigated its continuing financial...
Local authorities are resorting to employing staff before criminal checks are complete while the Criminal Records Bureau has turned to India this week to solve its 30,000 backlog in applications.
The number of elderly people being readmitted to hospital soon after discharge has risen sharply and measures designed to ease NHS bedblocking could make matters even worse.
The government's plan to introduce three-year allocations to English primary care trusts and earmark less of the cash is a 'step in the right direction', NHS managers said last week.
The first national strike by council workers in 23 years has been pencilled in for July 17 as the local government pay dispute grew increasingly bitter this week.
Forty per cent of local authorities have not drawn up an anti-racism strategy, the Audit Commission has revealed just days before a government deadline expired.
External hit squads could be sent into the worst social services departments if they do not improve by November, the Department of Health confirmed this week.
Images of Royal Navy warships intercepting people-traffickers in the Mediterranean and televised bulk deportations of rejected refugees in RAF transport planes are bound to trigger a reaction,...
The government's 'carrot and stick' approach to improving the NHS may hinder attempts to reform the service and reduce the impact of the extra £40bn promised in the Budget, according to influential...
High-performing NHS hospitals will be released from the shackles of direct Whitehall control to give them an incentive to strive for excellence, Health Secretary Alan Milburn has promised.
The modernised NHS will be built on 'very flaky foundations' if the government does not allow managers to divert more cash into propping up basic health services, NHS Confederation chief executive...
The Commons' health select committee has delivered an equivocal verdict on the Private Finance Initiative in its long-awaited report on private sector involvement in the NHS.
The NHS could save millions of pounds each year and promote better health by playing a more proactive role in local communities, a King's Fund report says this week.
External managers have been sent into the Royal United Hospital in Bath following the disclosure of poor financial management and the possible falsification of waiting lists.
Claims that Downing Street could halt future mayoral elections because of fears they might lead to increasing support for neo-Nazi parties and other fringe candidates were dismissed this week.
