Patients are 25% more likely to develop post-operative complications after being treated in one of the new privately run treatment centres than in their NHS equivalents, clinical directors claim.
The NHS has two years to implement the government's radical market and choice reforms or else risk undermining the 'founding values' of a free service based on need, Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt...
Scotland's health service is achieving better clinical results and cutting most waiting times but needs to improve its financial and workforce management, a spending watchdog has found.
The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has published draft regulations abolishing the so-called '85-year rule', which allowed some local government workers to retire before the age of 65.
The Department for Work and Pensions this week conceded that its modernisation review has damaged services increasing the prospect of up to 100,000 staff taking strike action in January.
The government's £1.1bn funding boost for local government, announced alongside the Pre-Budget Report, might have mollified council chiefs, but the goal of making high council tax rises 'a thing of...
Councils' scrutiny committees are likely to be transformed into 'local area select committees' under proposals to place Local Strategic Partnerships at the centre of service delivery, Phil Woolas has...
The Department of Health has given the green light for a 14-week public consultation on reducing the number of primary care trusts and strategic health authorities in England.
A senior Whitehall academic this week cast doubt on Gordon Brown's claim that the government is on target to achieve its ambitious £40bn efficiency savings package by 2008.
Children who are dropped off at nurseries early in the morning are being left alone because of staff shortages and poor planning, a senior education inspector said this week.
All local authorities must share the spoils of the proposed Planning Gain Supplement or the gap between areas of economic success and deprivation will widen, Gordon Brown is being warned.
The Treasury is likely to place a strict cap on the money retained by public bodies if they sell parts of their radiowave spectrums, Public Finance has been told.
The government is set for defeat on its cornerstone education reform Bill unless it makes concessions to appease rebellious Labour MPs, senior education professionals have told Public Finance .
The new beefed-up version of the Audit Commission should be able to stop other inspectorates from poring over council services if it feels it is unnecessary, ministers are proposing.
The details of the revenue support grant settlement, expected next week, remain cloaked in mystery although local government is hopeful that ministers will have found some extra cash to alleviate...
Lord Turner's suggested remedies for Britain's retirement crisis could cost taxpayers an additional £20bn putting ministers under renewed pressure to withdraw the recent deal to protect public...
The Home Office's finance director has urged caution in Whitehall's drive to professionalise its skills base warning senior staff not to shift roles too quickly simply to meet new training...
