Existing council spending pressures and the lack of long-term funding certainty could put the government’s 10-year reform programme at risk, the National Audit Office has said.
Most public services will remain worse in four years’ time than they were just before Covid-19 – and most of them were already worse than they were in 2010 – CIPFA and the Institute for Government’s...
Cuts to public health budgets following responsibility being transferred to local government restricted the expected benefits, the architect of the policy has said.
The unbudgeted costs from ongoing strikes and rising prices will force care leaders to cut services without additional government support, the NHS Confederation has said.
NHS Wales spending on agency staff continued to rise last year as health boards struggled to recruit and retain staff, the nation’s spending watchdog has said.
The long-awaited NHS long-term workforce plan will fail to meet ambitious productivity targets without sustained investment in capital, technology and management, the Institute for Fiscal Studies has...
Unexpected cuts and other financial pressures have been listed by integrated care system leaders as being among the biggest issues they face, despite them being proud of the work done so far.
Construction delays and overspends on existing developments mean the government will miss its election target to build 40 hospitals by 2030, the National Audit Office has warned.
Significant issues in setting up the UK Health Security Agency created a “fundamental absence of governance arrangements and controls”, leaving £3.3bn of medical supplies unaccounted for and drawing...
Plans to boost long-term recruitment into the NHS have been broadly welcomed, but could be at risk due to expensive temporary staffing arrangements, experts have said.
Cuts leading up to Covid-19 left Public Health England insufficiently funded to meet its new pandemic responsibilities, the body’s former chief executive has said.
