The Scottish Executive this week moved to counter severe criticism over its record on NHS waiting lists by buying a £37.5m private hospital and pouring £15m into an initiative to relieve bed blocking.
An attempt to replicate Scotland's proposed system of free care for elderly NHS patients across the rest of the UK is likely to end in failure, Derek Wanless has warned.
The increasing influence of special advisers in government departments need not threaten the traditional role of civil servants, according to the permanent secretary at the Office of the Deputy Prime...
Walsall Borough Council is almost certain to be the second authority to suffer direct takeover by the government after an Audit Commission report this week castigated its continuing financial...
City sources claimed this week that if Jarvis is judged negligent over the Potters Bar rail crash, it could result in the contractor being banned from future participation in public sector projects.
The number of elderly people being readmitted to hospital soon after discharge has risen sharply and measures designed to ease NHS bedblocking could make matters even worse.
Last week, a political cycle was broken. The news that Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott had regained part of his old department proved that the Cabinet Office is no longer a dumping ground for has...
The government's plan to introduce three-year allocations to English primary care trusts and earmark less of the cash is a 'step in the right direction', NHS managers said last week.
Teachers' leaders have blamed rising levels of sickness among classroom staff in England on the increasing pressures they face, and claim they point to a wider problem in the profession.
Rising costs are behind a government attempt to renege on a two-year-old deal to improve hospital accommodation for junior doctors, the British Medical Association claimed this week.
External hit squads could be sent into the worst social services departments if they do not improve by November, the Department of Health confirmed this week.
Social services across the country are heading for meltdown, Unison warned this week after a report revealed social workers as the lowest-paid professional group in local government.
Images of Royal Navy warships intercepting people-traffickers in the Mediterranean and televised bulk deportations of rejected refugees in RAF transport planes are bound to trigger a reaction,...
The Office of Government Commerce should be given responsibility for overseeing procurement by the NHS and the Ministry of Defence, according to an influential committee of MPs.
The British Red Cross has accused the government of ignoring its concerns over plans to accommodate asylum seekers in three out-of-town centres, which the charity believes will condemn refugees to an...
The modernised NHS will be built on 'very flaky foundations' if the government does not allow managers to divert more cash into propping up basic health services, NHS Confederation chief executive...
High-performing NHS hospitals will be released from the shackles of direct Whitehall control to give them an incentive to strive for excellence, Health Secretary Alan Milburn has promised.
The NHS could save millions of pounds each year and promote better health by playing a more proactive role in local communities, a King's Fund report says this week.
The Commons' health select committee has delivered an equivocal verdict on the Private Finance Initiative in its long-awaited report on private sector involvement in the NHS.
