The government failed to meet standards of transparency on its emergency Covid-19 procurement, according to an investigation by the National Audit Office.
The ongoing pandemic disruption combined with Brexit could overwhelm local authorities and devolved administrations, according to the Institute for Government.
The monthly financial impact of Covid-19 on councils in England has fallen below £1bn for the first time since the start of the crisis, running at 60% of the £1.5bn peaks in April and May.
The upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review must allocate funding to address record public service backlogs, CIPFA and the Institute for Government have warned.
The NHS will need to continue to derive value from costly infrastructure investments made during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the deputy chief executive of NHS Providers.
Annual spending on adult social care in England, based on a spend-per-person basis, is currently £600m lower than in 2010, according to a report by the TUC.
The government has announced £500m of funding for community-wide Covid-19 testing pilots, in a bid to explore the benefits of repeatedly testing people.
“Poor decisions” made by the government during its initial Covid-19 response were a result of a lack of long-term strategy and poor use of evidence, a think-tank has claimed.
Fraudsters have looked to exploit the current pandemic. Public sector bodies need to raise their game and learn from others, says Welsh auditor general Adrian Crompton.
Michael Brodie, chair of CIPFA’s Health and Social Care Board has been appointed as interim chief executive of Public Health England, as the government launches the National Institute for Health...
NHS leader’s have called on prime minister Boris Johnson to honour his promise to fix the social care sector and put the service on a sustainable footing.
A care leader has voiced disappointment that a government pledge of £300m to help the NHS prepare for winter has not been matched by similar funding for care homes.
Council health departments must be properly funded to make a new localised approach to Covid-19 test and tracing work effectively, according to the body representing directors of public health.
Thousands of new nurses will be trained in the next few years, the government has said while announcing £172m of funding for apprenticeship schemes, but experts in the field have warned that plans do...
The Welsh government is to allocate an additional £22.7m in funding for adult social care services, to help meet the additional costs resulting from Covid-19.
Central government has failed to give local authorities enough clarity over long-term funding during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report from the Public Accounts Committee.
The Covid-19 response has brought to the surface a new set of tensions to bedevil central and local government relations, which may imperil recovery efforts
The government has announced £3bn of extra funding for the NHS in England to deal with an upcoming “perfect storm” that threatens to tip the health service over capacity.
As we design the way the NHS and wider public sector will work in the future, we should remember the collaborative successes achieved during the pandemic, argues the Healthcare Financial Management...
