David Cameron pledged a new era of 'freedom and control' for users of public services and challenged Gordon Brown to call an election in his speech to the Conservative Party conference in Blackpool...
Clinicians and new technology are at the centre of the government's vision for the future of the NHS, health minister Lord Ara Darzi was due to say on October 4.
Great Ormond Street hospital has gone public on its intention to establish a trading charity to circumvent the cap on private patient income for NHS foundation trusts.
The NHS foundation trust regulator Monitor has approved four more trusts for foundation status and streamlined its approval process as NHS trusts race to meet the nominal April 2008 deadline.
The pledge to end the 'postcode lottery' in who gets free social care might not bear fruit because primary care trusts are ignoring new guidance from the Department of Health, Public Finance has...
he shock waves from Northern Rock continue to reverberate throughout the British economy. But what do the financial upheavals mean for public sector organisations and employees? Paul Gosling delves...
The Comprehensive Spending Review is imminent but Chief Secretary to the Treasury Andy Burnham still has some juggling to do not least to find the funding for the PM's new plans for public services...
The government has done it again, rushing to set up new structures without waiting for the due process of law. This time it concerns Local Involvement Networks, which are set to replace NHS patient...
Mental health used to be the NHS's Cinderella service. Now it gets more funding than any other clinical area and has modernised its methods. But could the controversial new mental health laws roll...
The government's move towards 'lighter-touch' regulation in adult social care creates new concerns, a senior inspector told delegates at the CIPFA social care finance conference on September 24.
Experts from across government, education, business and the public sector are being brought together to draw up a strategy for adult education in the UK.
The Blairite era of public service reform was seemingly declared dead at this year's Labour Party conference, held in Bournemouth on September 24 27, as the language of choice and markets was...
Social landlords must quickly decide their unique selling points to compete in the increasingly complex house-building market, the new head of the Housing Corporation has said.
A single body should replace the 'overcrowded landscape' of organisations that audit, inspect and regulate public services in Scotland, an independent review has concluded.
The British Medical Association has accused the CBI of self-interest after the business organisation claimed that GP services were 'outdated' and placed an unnecessary burden on employers.
Councils are being urged to begin candid discussions with their residents about the imminent possibility of cuts in social care services following next month's Comprehensive Spending Review.
The role of shadowing Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney has been split between two MSPs in the shadow Cabinet appointed this week by the new Labour leader, Wendy Alexander.
The grumblings from public sector trade unions are growing louder as Gordon Brown prepares for his first Labour Party conference as prime minister next week. But the strike threats over the pay rise...
After the fallout from Northern Rock, next month's Comprehensive Spending Review has suddenly become a lot more interesting. Colin Talbot charts the changes ahead for public spending and targets...
Northern Ireland's outpatient waiting lists fell by almost 50% and inpatient lists by 10% in a year, according to official statistics published for the 12 months ending in June.
Public servants could co-ordinate a fresh wave of strikes to coincide with the Queen's Speech, as opposition to Prime Minister Gordon Brown's 2% pay cap intensified following heated exchanges at the...
The annual costs to the NHS of Private Finance Initiative schemes will soar fivefold from £470m to £2.3bn over the next eight years and could damage services, Edinburgh University researchers claim.
