Health & Social Care

Post-Brexit Britain “could lose its research edge” unless departments step up, say public spending watchdogs

Civil service signs up to implement recommendations of a report to boost mental health support at work

Science and Technology Committee to assess quality and extent of research used in government interventions and early-years policy

Institute for Government report says universal pay hike could exacerbate Tories’ political woes amid £10bn spending hole

Behavioural Insights Team annual report details its work with departments, including ‘TripAdvisor-style’ feedback tool to help CCS boost spend with SMEs

Funding will expand Partners in Practice peer support programme, while new “What Works Centre” will also be created 

Chair of department’s women’s network calls on male staff across the civil service to act as allies to feminist cause

Long-term mental health problems against a backdrop of staff cuts drives Northern Ireland staff absences trend

NHS Professionals to remain in wholly public ownership after bidding process abandoned 

Department for Education urged to lead social mobility drive on back of problems with free childcare provision

Transport agency launches new campaign after torrent of abuse, including lorry drivers trying to run enforcement cars off the road

Baron Lansley reflects on life in government versus life as a civil servant, over a pot of Earl Grey with Suzannah Brecknell

After a wide-ranging career in the civil service, including a spell as John Prescott’s speechwriter, Jeremy Marlow is now focused on driving efficiency in the NHS. He speaks to Richard Vize about what Whitehall and the health service can learn from each other

Pharmaceutical company executive Steve Oldfield set to take up posting in October

Move “treating public servants with contempt”, says Whitehall's biggest union

Overall increase in Whitehall headcount obscures steep decline in the health ministry

Manifesto proposal developed by former Cabinet Office minister Ben Gummer was kept from local government and health cabinet ministers until less than 24 hours before launch

Recording the extent of Whitehall's long-hours culture is the first step to a better deal for civil servants

Mind says higher stress levels, including in central government, lead to three times the number of sick days due to mental health compared to private sector

Think tank urges next government to focus on finding “long term solution” to health and care funding pressures

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election

Party’s manifesto promises “an end to wasteful public spending programmes” and a drive to make HM Revenue and Customs crack down on big corporations’ late payments to small firms

Release would "not assist the understanding of the processes of government", according to senior figures

Manifesto U-turn comes after criticism of plan dubbed a "Dementia Tax" by their opponents.