The cost of treating diabetes in England has risen by almost £200m or 40% over the past five years, according to a report published by the NHS Information Centre
The government's tough austerity measures could create a potential bonanza for outsourcing firms as the public sector looks to cut costs in education, health, local government and police services....
Unison has condemned reductions in the NHS workforce, claiming they will harm productivity and make it more difficult for the service to make genuine efficiency savings
Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has said the most significant reform proposed in last week's white paper concerned the role of local councils, and that the impact on clinicians and hospitals would be...
A landmark NHS white paper has proposed giving local authorities new responsibilities for public health – but there are widespread concerns that councils' voices will be ignored
This week's all-change health white paper might make for flashy headlines. But the new head of the King's Fund has doubts about the detail. Chris Ham talks to David Williams
The government is proposing to scrap primary care trusts and give councils responsibility for public health and joint working between NHS and other services
Things really did get better under New Labour. But now we need a new settlement for progressive politics and public service reform, say Lisa Harker and Carey Oppenheim
Ring-fencing the NHS budget has given the government 'a licence' for fundamental reform, according to the new Conservative chair of the Commons health select committee
Services for older people need to be radically rethought if the needs of an ageing population are to be balanced with budget cuts, campaigners said today
The new chair of the Commons communities and local government select committee has questioned the government's Big Society concept, suggesting the approach might prove an obstacle to joint working
Passing commissioning powers and budget responsibilities down to GPs has the potential to improve care, but only if it is done slowly and carefully, leading health bodies have said
The coalition has promised to protect NHS spending and strengthen primary care. But a £20bn funding gap and contradictory pressures are already bearing down on the new team at the Department of...
Hospitals with Private Finance Initiative contracts might have to cut services as the terms leave little room for efficiency savings, the National Audit Office has warned
Former Audit Commission chief executive Steve Bundred said he had 'one more big job left in him' – and he got it. The new chair of rapidly expanding NHS regulator Monitor talks to Lucy Phillips about...
