Providers of adult mental health services in England will have only £56m to develop their services in the current financial year, according to the Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health.
NHS Direct must expand its capacity if it is to meet demand from patients and achieve the targets set by the government, the Commission for Health Improvement said this week.
A leading social services expert has questioned the validity of the government's latest star ratings for councils and the impact of 'trouble-shooting' teams sent to improve second-rate authorities.
Suspended clinical staff are costing the NHS £40m each year because of the length of time it takes hospital trusts to investigate allegations against them, the National Audit Office has revealed.
Welsh Health Minister Jane Hutt has been warned she must quickly find more funds to improve primary care, despite injecting £51m into the principality's NHS this week.
Media and parliamentary interest may dictate the level of humanitarian aid the Department for International Development provides, a report from the National Audit Office warned this week.
Union officials have warned that further job cuts may be looming if the Audit Commission loses its battle to audit NHS foundation trusts, after the regulator announced it is cutting 250 posts.
The Department of Health is considering abandoning plans allowing foundation trusts to implement a new variable pay system earlier than most other trusts in England.
A shadow was cast over plans to introduce a database for children this week after the British Medical Association said it would breach data protection law, while local authorities were also revealed...
Chancellor Gordon Brown had urged Scottish politicians to locate their Parliament in an existing building rather than construct a new one, the Holyrood inquiry was told this week.
What a difference a year makes. Almost 12 months ago, senior hospital doctors in England rejected a contract that had been backed by their leaders at the British Medical Association.
The £2bn flagship scheme to regenerate some of the most deprived communities in England is beset by instability, uncertainty and a shortage of appropriate skills, according to a government-...
Civil service unions have voiced alarm at the 'extraordinary' pace of a Treasury review aimed at slashing billions of pounds off the government's running costs, fearing it may lead to job cuts across...
Rail passengers are forced to travel in 'intolerable conditions' on overcrowded trains and urgent action is needed to stop the situation from getting even worse, according to MPs.
Labour's controversial plan to overhaul the NHS has placed hospital trusts at high financial risk while police authorities, probation boards and local government are all blighted by poor internal...
Northern Ireland's Review of Public Administration, published this week, has described five options for how the province's public services can be provided in the future.
Social care is to get its own voice in Whitehall with the creation of a national director of social care, Health Secretary John Reid told social services chiefs this week.
The British Medical Association this week urged the government to act against aggressive patients after a survey revealed one in three doctors had experienced violence in the past year.
Lift, the public-private partnership model developed by the NHS to meet the building needs of the primary care sector, also offers a useful procurement option for local government, the Office of the...
