Building firms that have been fined for rigging bids for public sector contracts should apologise to the public and hand back some of their profits, the Local Government Association has said
NHS Direct Wales is providing a valuable service at a reasonable cost but should be more involved in the provision of ‘unscheduled care’, the Welsh spending watchdog has found
A leading authority on pandemics has said it is a matter of ‘duty and honour’ for doctors and nurses to lead by example and sign up for the swine flu vaccine when it is offered to them
As public services in the UK brace themselves for a new surge of swine flu, what have we learnt from the first wave of the pandemic? David Williams talks to practitioners and policy makers on the...
The NHS has been drawn into an explosive row over US health care reform. As President Barack Obama defends his proposals before Congress, Ruth Thorlby of the King’s Fund examines the issues at stake...
The marketing and advertising of alcohol should be banned as part of the battle to reduce binge-drinking by young people, according to the British Medical Association
Public sector bodies have been urged to look at the lifetime cost of projects after a report criticised a ‘large inefficiency’ in spending caused by waste of resources
Public sector unions have condemned the findings of an interim review of NHS staff health and sickness, warning that it should not used as a ‘stick to beat hard-working NHS staff’
Private firms will not be paid a premium on top of NHS rates under new contracts for independent sector treatment centres, health minister Mike O’Brien has confirmed.
But the NHS will be liable to...
Nurses have warned they face ‘unsustainable pressure’ after official data showed NHS staff vacancy rates in the NHS have risen for the first time in five years
Hull’s NHS primary care trust has moved to transfer services and 1,200 staff to a community interest company - just a week after unions met health ministers to urge a rethink on privatisation
