Health watchdogs will soon grade NHS hospital trusts on how efficiently they use their resources alongside reviews of the standard of care they provide.
Richard Douglas has been named interim chair of NHS Improvement until 31 December, or until the appointment of a new permanent chair is that is earlier.
NHS England has released its first rankings of the 44 sustainability and transformation partnerships across the country showing five have been rated “outstanding” while five are in worst...
The government does not know the extent of the mental health problem in prisons nor how much it will cost to address, the National Audit Office has found.
The government has been urged to rethink the deregulation of health and safety legislation in the wake of the Grenfell Tower fire, which is believed to have killed at least 79 people.
Abandoning routine independent school inspections would jeopardise standards and undo progress, the outgoing head of Ofsted has warned in his farewell speech.
Poor communication and relationship management weakened the process of ending the UK’s traditional aid relationships with countries including India, China and South Africa, a review has found.
Caps on agency spending in the NHS have now been in place for a year. Progress has been made, but services will need to be redesigned to address the underlying issues.
Three more hospital trusts are to enter a financial special measures programme run by NHS Improvement due to “significant concerns” about their finances, the regulator has announced.
The government has made only limited progress in cutting the cost of regulation to businesses, despite a pledge to reduce the burden by £10bn to 2020, MPs have said.
Patients are too often being discharged from hospital when it is not safe for them to leave due to poor levels of health and social care integration, according to MPs.
In such a data-rich world, how can the public trust government figures? Ed Humpherson of the UK Statistics Authority talks to PF about his plans to improve regulation and champion professional...
Scottish transport minister Humza Yousaf is to meet council leaders to push for better co-ordination in road maintenance after Audit Scotland found a third of council-maintained roads and an eighth...
Matthew Parr has today been named a new inspector of constabulary by home secretary Amber Rudd, and will oversee police forces in the London region as well as the National Crime Agency.
The turmoil created by Brexit presents an ideal opportunity to address a range of constitutional anomalies, not least the fragmented system for public service complaints