The government's impending Welfare Reform Bill will be scrutinised by disability rights experts to assess its impact on child poverty targets, a leading practitioner revealed this week.
The Department of Health will hold a summit next week with the leaders of frontline NHS staff in an attempt to win back clinicians' support for its reform programme.
The Child Support Agency is still blighted by poor performance despite a £1bn package designed to stabilise it while its future is decided, auditors have reported.
Freedom of information legislation is proving useful and effective but more needs to be done to tackle delays in handling requests, senior backbench MPs said this week.
Northern Ireland Health Minister Paul Goggins has promised to dramatically reduce bed-blocking, which at present accounts for the use of 200 to 300 beds per day in the province's hospitals.
A senior backbench MP has cast doubt on the private and voluntary sector's ability to deliver the improved access to mental health services demanded by leading academics this week.
The Department of Health cannot legally change the way NHS services are provided without first consulting the affected local population, a high court judge has ruled.
Town halls have been urged to tighten up their record keeping after an investigation by the education watchdog revealed that few schools and councils are keep a reliable and accessible list of...
Prime Minister Tony Blair this week initiated a crucial phase of his third-term public services reforms a wide-ranging review of private and voluntary sector capabilities across health, social care...
Resource accounting and budgeting exaggerated the NHS's net overspend last year by £117m, according to Department of Health finance director Richard Douglas.
The public sector in Scotland is facing an increasing pension fund shortfall, which now stands at more than £53bn, a study by Audit Scotland has found.
The government has pledged to eliminate the 'postcode lottery' in NHS funding for care home residents through the long-awaited introduction of a single national framework.
The US comptroller general, David Walker, has praised the UK's system of permanent secretaries running Whitehall departments and wants a similar system introduced in US government departments.
Local authorities do not understand the recreational needs of their communities and must improve the financial management of facilities such as swimming pools, football pitches and gyms, the Audit...
The Scottish Executive has been told to review thoroughly its flagship policy of free personal care for the elderly after an inquiry found councils have insufficient funds to meet demand.
Mental health trusts are more likely to break even than acute hospitals but they must strengthen their financial management, the Audit Commission said this week.
