-
24 Jan 02
The 24-hour health service helpline NHS Direct has 'saved' up to £50m a year by reducing the pressure on GPs and casualty departments, the National Audit Office said this week.
-
24 Jan 02
Dentists face an Office of Fair Trading inquiry amid increasing anxiety about surgeries rejecting new NHS patients.
-
24 Jan 02
Local government employers have slated the trade unions' pay demand and warned that it could make many authorities' in-house services too expensive to run.
-
24 Jan 02
Scottish health unions have called for an investigation into a possible link between poor hygiene practices in hospitals and the rapid spread of a stomach virus across Scottish wards.
Unison this...
-
24 Jan 02
Tenants will play a key role in a new system for inspecting housing associations that focuses on outcomes rather than procedures.
-
24 Jan 02
Efforts by local authorities to prepare for the euro have almost ground to a halt, with councils blaming government dithering over the new currency, which came into use in 12 European countries on...
-
24 Jan 02
Politicians should hand over the day-to-day running of the NHS to an arm's length corporation, according to a report from the health think-tank, the King's Fund.
-
24 Jan 02
A housing association that paid £1,000 to a man who unsuccessfully applied to work as a sheltered housing manager has warned that the case could lead to tenants having less say over the management of...
-
24 Jan 02
The Ministry of Defence and the Inland Revenue are facing a payout of millions of pounds to army war veterans after wrongly deducting tax from disability pensions for the past 50 years.
-
24 Jan 02
Twenty-four local authorities have told the government that they wish to transfer houses to a registered social landlord.
-
24 Jan 02
MPs this week expressed their dismay at the government's failure to replace the flawed Individual Learning Account (ILA) programme with a workable alternative.
-
24 Jan 02
Birmingham looks likely to face a referendum on a directly elected mayor in the autumn as ministers prepare to flex their political muscle against England's second city and force a vote.
-
24 Jan 02
The postal services regulator must ensure that opening the industry to competition does not spell the end of a universal post service, the National Audit Office has warned.
-
24 Jan 02
The teaching unions have given a lukewarm response to the 3.5% pay award announced for English and Welsh schoolteachers for 2002.
-
24 Jan 02
Capita Business Services is in line to win a controversial £1bn outsourcing contract from Westminster Council but fears are growing over the number of job cuts involved in the deal.
-
24 Jan 02
The Commons' Public Accounts Committee this week praised the Department of Trade and Industry for its 'innovative' joint venture with the private sector to provide radio services overseas.
-
24 Jan 02
The education and skills select committee is considering an investigation into the disgraced examination board Edexcel after a catalogue of errors left Education Secretary Estelle Morris 'fuming'.
-
17 Jan 02
London Mayor Ken Livingstone faces a battle to force his proposed budget through the capital's assembly after the Association of London Government dismissed it as 'unacceptable and unrealistic'.
-
17 Jan 02
The government has underspent its transport budget by more than £500m in the past two years, Transport Secretary Stephen Byers said this week.
-
17 Jan 02
The Department of Health must take urgent action to combat obesity in England, the Commons' Public Accounts Committee said this week.
-
17 Jan 02
Glasgow council is puncturing the remnants of the city's lingering tough reputation by holding a festival celebrating its little known links to the patron saint of love.
-
17 Jan 02
Plans to privatise the education services of Surrey and Essex county councils have met with a lukewarm response from the Local Government Association.
-
17 Jan 02
More than a quarter of secondary schools seeking a new head teacher in the past academic year were forced to re-advertise, according to figures from Education Data Surveys.
-
17 Jan 02
Self-improvement is the mantra adopted by millions at this time of year. But unfortunately it is not a resolution dear to those in Westminster or Whitehall. The flabby way this country is governed...
-
17 Jan 02
The NHS Confederation has welcomed the government's indication that it will establish a code of conduct to regulate health service managers and prevent scandals such as the recently revealed waiting-...
24 Jan 02The 24-hour health service helpline NHS Direct has 'saved' up to £50m a year by reducing the pressure on GPs and casualty departments, the National Audit Office said this week.
28 Sep 21
19 Oct 20 to 22 Oct 20
