Medical

Health secretary Matt Hancock says update shows "the government's plan is working"

Catherine Calderwood admitted visiting her second home twice, breaching regulations based on her own medical advice

Comments come as PM’s top adviser Dominic Cummings self-isolates after developing symptoms

Whitty says 'social cost' of measures like school closures means government will wait until the “last possible point” to implement them

Chris Whitty says NHS has to prepare for 2% mortality rate but reality could be much less

Civil service chief executive John Manzoni and Treasury solicitor Jonathan Jones also among those receiving awards

As 2020 approaches, senior figures from across government reflect on their highlights and challenges of 2019, look ahead to the next 12 months and share their favourite festive memories

Freight service will transport medical supplies with short shelf lives like radioisotopes and human organs

Government won't fly in medicines in first batch of contracts awarded through £300m post-Brexit framework

Watchdog says disruption cannot be ruled out despite health secretary Matt Hancock's guarantee

Commons leader compared neurologist David Nicholl to anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield after no-deal warnings

As she steps down after nearly a decade as the nation’s doctor, Davies talks to Beckie Smith about the delicate balance of influence and power, dealing with the tabloid press and why altruism matters in public health.

Providers told supplies could take up to five days to deliver – up from three days set out in February guidance

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Lidington pledges government will only pay for capacity it uses after £50m payout to scrap no-deal ferry contracts

Public health professor has been a chief scientific adviser to government departments for a decade

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

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

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

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

DExEU warning of food shortages within a fortnight if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on future status revealed

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without