Figures obtained by Public Finance suggest that NHS patients treated in private hospitals are more likely to require emergency readmission than those treated in the NHS.
Newly merged NHS primary care trusts could be pushed into partnerships with large for-profit organisations, a leading community health specialist has told Public Finance
Bed blocking has increased dramatically in more than 10% of England's local authorities with social service responsibilities, figures seen by Public Finance reveal.
The Department of Health has insisted that the quality of NHS Direct's services will not suffer as a result of plans to axe 400 posts and close 12 call centres.
Breaking up the Home Office would not necessarily make it more effective, Britain's top civil servant warned this week, rejecting claims that an unreformed civil service is to blame for problems...
Tony Blair vowed this week to go 'further and faster' on public service reform as he prepares to launch another wave of change that will 'shape progressive politics' for a generation.
This year's big winners at the Public Servants of the Year Awards work in very different parts of the public sector, but they share a commitment to helping disadvantaged young people turn their lives...
Scottish councils and public bodies have identified fraud and errors totalling £15m, following an investigation carried out as part of the National Fraud Initiative, Audit Scotland has disclosed.
Network Rail this week revealed that two of its senior executives were among 4,300 staff targeted by criminals in Whitehall's multi-million pound tax credits fraud.
Chancellor Gordon Brown's tough new public sector pay remit has sparked an angry response from senior civil servants, who accuse the government of failing to understand the complexities of Whitehall'...
Local authority efforts to curb low-level disorder and antisocial behaviour are hampered by insufficient and uncoordinated data collection, a report from the Audit Commission has found.
Former chief financial officer at North East Lincolnshire Council Andrew Ecelson has been expelled from CIPFA. The disciplinary committee found Ecelson guilty of misconduct and breach of...
The membership of the new management team that will lead the English NHS regions became clearer this week with the appointment of eight of the ten new strategic health authority chief executives.
A £2.15bn ground-breaking agreement has brought benefits to the teaching profession in Scotland, a public sector watchdog has found. But a lack of performance measures makes it difficult to assess...
Town hall leaders have welcomed Sir Michael Lyons' latest report on local government reform, which gives a boost to the localism agenda as it calls for greater decentralisation.
The Public Accounts Committee has called for the Environment Agency to tighten up its regulations to preserve water resources and safeguard the environment.
Sweeping changes to the government's housing department have created the perfect opportunity to revive stalled building plans, a leading homeless charity has said.