Public Health & Healthcare — Civil Service World

Interview: Catherine Brown 9 May, 2013

The new chief executive of the Food Standards Agency, Catherine Brown, tells Joshua Chambers about the pressure her organisation...
Brown: Horsemeat reviews should keep FSA structure 9 May, 2013

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) should retain its current structure because it responded swiftly and retained public trust...
New structure to help plan for long term 25 April, 2013

The Cabinet Office has established a new structure, chaired by cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, to improve government’s...
Shiny Appy People 11 April, 2013

People are using their mobile phones and tablet computers for a fast-growing range of tasks, and service providers must keep...
Frontline: Environmental health manager 5 April, 2013

The coalition really doesn’t understand health and safety, a professional in the field tells Tom Heyden. “I’ve been...
Departments face further cuts to fund infrastructure investment 19 March, 2013

Most central government departments will have to cut spending by two per cent over the next two years in order to fund a...
Interview: David Boyle 19 March, 2013

The government wants us to have more choice in public services. But as David Boyle explains to Jess Bowie, in reality there...
DH civil servants to be sent on work placements 18 March, 2013

Civil servants across the Department of Health (DH) will be sent on regular work placements at hospitals, care homes and...
Frontline: District nurse 1 March, 2013

A nurse caring for patients in the community warns that fast-growing workloads are ratcheting up the pressure on her hard-pressed...
Interview: Sally Davies 5 February, 2013

As councils take control of public health budgets and staff, the government’s chief medical officer Sally Davies tells...