Met Office officials were in talks with the Department of Health this week to try to save a project that uses weather data to help the NHS cope with seasonal pressures.
Health, education and local authorities gave the 'biggest shake-up in children's services in 30 years' a muted welcome this week as they questioned the government's commitment to providing adequate...
Trade and Industry Secretary Patricia Hewitt has indicated the government is prepared to review public service procurement in the UK after union and business leaders slated Labour's current approach.
A Conservative government would dismantle the 'command state' constructed by the Labour party and radically decentralise public services, according to a policy document setting out the party's reform...
Health ministers' proposed overhaul of NHS finances came under fire this week, with one senior analyst claiming that plans to standardise prices for patient treatments were based on 'dubious...
Plans to extend body-piercing regulation to all local authorities in England and Wales have been criticised as 'wishy-washy' by one London authority, which has overseen the practice for more than a...
The huge NHS IT programme was dealt a blow this week when one of the major bidders confirmed it had pulled out of the race to supply key elements of the new infrastructure.
Labour members on the Local Government Association have lost seven seats to the Conservatives across its executive committees to reflect proportional changes after May's local elections.
A three-star NHS trust said this week it was confident it would reduce pressure on staff after becoming the first employer to be given a health and safety improvement notice over work-related stress.
Despite its claims that the public audit model it encourages 'ensures against Enron-style failure', the Audit Commission has again warned public bodies to improve their financial management following...
The NHS Confederation has called for a fundamental review of night-time health services after a study showed doctors waste much of their time performing menial tasks.
Local health services should have first call on the extra millions of pounds being ploughed into the NHS, leading primary care organisations said this week.
The personnel swaps between central and local government continued this week with Improvement and Development Agency deputy John O'Brien announcing his move to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Health minister John Hutton has indicated that the success of a new scheme to prevent costly 'health tourism' and fraud across the NHS could depend heavily on the government's controversial plans for...
Housing experts have warned ministers not to become over-reliant on the multibillion pound house-building scheme across key 'growth areas' of the Southeast announced this week, claiming it should not...
Tax increases to fund the government's programme of investment in public services have increased the average household's bill by £4,000 per year since 1997, according to a Right-wing think-tank.
