Health & Social Care

The absence of ministers since the collapse of Stormont’s power sharing in early 2017 hasn’t stopped health service leaders in Northern Ireland from pushing forward their transformation agenda. Health department perm sec Richard Pengelly tells Suzannah Brecknell about driving change through shared leadership, hard work, and difficult discussions

DHSC perm sec and head of civil service policy profession says function needs to get better at evaluating the quality of its advice

National Audit Office says department only has a limited evidence base, two years into 10-year drive to boost employment levels

New pharmaceutical regulator chief must oversee industry's post-Brexit transition 

The successful candidate must be medically qualified, with a “considerable national profile” DHSC insists

Policies that address health inequalities and better investment in housing among What Works Centre's proposals

Possible revival of care cap plan would ‘confer a significant benefit to the well-off at the expense of the general taxpayer’, Matt Hancock has told Theresa May

Davies, who set up the National Institute for Health Research and has driven efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance, will step down in September

Move aims to help managers and applicants understand range of opportunities

HMRC grabs 2018 top spot, but new civil service-wide benchmark reveals unexpected findings

The prime minister admitted the NHS funding boost announced last year would mean “less room for manoeuvre” in other areas of public spending.

Department told it must demonstrate ‘operational capacity’ and ability to ensure claimant welfare before mass transfer begins

FDA union’s latest working hours survey paints picture of understaffing, stress and reduced productivity  

DfID’s Fergus McBean won the Use of Evidence Award at this year’s Civil Service Awards through an innovative approach to inform cholera prevention in war-torn Yemen. He tells Naomi Larsson how the department did it

Paul Gray oversaw health and social care integration in Scotland

Government urged to boost life chances for youngsters battling adversity and save money at the same time

Jonanthan Jones flags progress with key indicators developed in conjunction with departments

Move to improve management of existing private finance deals comes as Philip Hammond rules out signing any more PFI deals

Department for Work and Pensions details plans to fix historic Employment and Support Allowance underpayments

Department call matched by new NHS Digital framework on data and technology standards

The department's slow response to a price hike last year was "doubly worrying in the context of uncertainty over supply chains after Brexit", committee chair Meg Hillier said

After it won the Civil Service Communication Award last year, Helen Duggan, head of marketing for Public Health England, reflects on how the Stay Well This Winter campaign leveraged people's trust in health professionals to change their behaviour

To mark World Mental Health Day, CSW asked two of the civil service's mental health first aiders to reflect on what they've learned so far

Rising demand for services “will make it even harder to achieve the government’s ambition”, the watchdog said