The government has announced £3bn of extra funding for the NHS in England to deal with an upcoming “perfect storm” that threatens to tip the health service over capacity.
A number of local authorities in England are using data-mining tools to help identify vulnerable people in need of support, including those who have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Legislation to compensate Scottish councils for the loss of business rates revenue in the light of the coronavirus pandemic has been approved by the Scottish Parliament.
City of Edinburgh Council has allocated £2m of a £7.43m award from the Scottish Government’s recent budget to tackle impacts from the coronavirus outbreak.
Continued financial strain on the health service means councils and the NHS must work together to ensure every penny of funding is used effectively, writes research assistant at the Reform think-tank...
The worst performance figures for emergency departments since records began show the new government must act quickly to protect the service as winter advances.
England has experienced its worst-ever performance on key NHS targets since they were introduced in 2004, leading to a warning of a coming winter crisis.
A lack of power has meant the organisation set up to manage NHS properties has racked up nearly £700m in debts since it was created, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
NHS England has missed the government’s vaccination targets for a fifth consecutive year despite funding of £145m in 2018-19, the spending watchdog has found.
Local bodies must put more emphasis on keeping records of their spend on preventing ill health, CIPFA’s chief executive Rob Whiteman told a health conference today.
Boards aimed at improving local wellbeing of citizens must start “thinking and acting differently” to achieve their potential, the Welsh Auditor General has said.