Should the public sector start drowning its sorrows as the cuts kick in? Doom merchants certainly seem to think so. But perhaps in reality the glass is half full and not half empty. Tony Travers...
NHS cancer care in England is getting better but there is still wide variation in service across the country, according to auditors.NHS cancer care in England is getting better but there is still...
Health experts have questioned the evidence for the government’s proposed restructure of the NHS, telling MPs that the reforms risk fragmenting the service and entrenching inequalities.
Four out of ten public sector employers are planning to make redundancies before the end of the year, while staff’s salary expectations are plummeting, a survey released today shows.
Proposed reforms to the structure of the NHS risk becoming little more than another expensive and time-wasting reorganisation, primary care trusts have warned
It is debatable whether the coalition kept its promise to give the NHS a real-terms increase in funding. Even if it did, the rise was so small as to be almost undetectable, argues John Appleby
The NHS is likely to come under 'tremendous' pressure to implement pay rises while coping with near-flat funding settlements in the latter half of the Comprehensive Spending Review period, MPs have...
Public sector graduate recruitment has remained buoyant in the recession, but spending cuts could trigger a crisis in the next few years, a careers service study has shown.
Care service minister Paul Burstow has promised the public health white paper will include a ‘ground-breaking’ strategy for mental health, focused on early intervention.
It was steady as she goes at the NHS - until the white paper came
along. As the health service sails into stormy waters, it's all hands
on deck at the Department of Health, finds Noel Plumridge
The number of senior NHS managers in Scotland will be cut by a quarter over the next four years according to a pledge given by Scottish Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon
A new relationship between central government and local delivery bodies in Scotland would lead to better and cheaper public services, a think-tank says today
