Hospitals, GPs and pharmacies have been assured they do not need to stockpile additional medicines in the event of a ‘no deal’ exit from the European Union.
Scotland’s public finances showed a modest improvement this year, with a recovery in North Sea oil and gas revenue driving the notional deficit down to 7.9% of GDP, compared to 8.9% last year.
An improvement in the rate at which people ready to leave hospital are transferred into adult social care has saved the NHS £60m, according to sector leaders.
The government must reverse spending cuts to public health funding to tackle rising levels of childhood obesity in England and Wales, council leaders have urged.
Calls have been made for the government to give NHS staff clear guidance on complex health procurement rules to stop private sector providers suing clinical commission groups.
The lowest proportion of people were employed in the UK's public sector in March 2018 since comparable records began 13 years ago, ONS figures have shown.
The proportion of young people who think it is important to go to university has declined gradually over the past five years, according to figures released by an educational charity today.
Stricken Northamptonshire County Council is looking for a new permanent finance director who will “roll their sleeves up” and is ready to make “hard decisions”.
Financial pressures on English councils mean they are struggling to provide a ‘good’ standard of social care provision for children, an independent think-tank has highlighted.
The Scottish economy is showing signs of outstripping that of the rest of the country, according to significantly revised growth figures released by the Scottish Government.
