UK government’s chief people officer backs CSSC’s Active Wellbeing campaign Partner Content
24 Jan Health & Social Care
UK government’s chief people officer backs CSSC’s Active Wellbeing campaign
Civil servants share their tips to get active with one week to go till launch
Senior Civil Servant backs Active Wellbeing as it returns bigger than ever Partner Content
11 Jan Health & Social Care
Senior Civil Servant backs Active Wellbeing as it returns bigger than ever
CSSC’s flagship wellbeing campaign will run for a full month in 2023
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
16 Dec 2022 Health & Social Care
Departments set to be billed millions for armed forces strike cover
Military personnel for Border Force, NHS and other strikes will cost roughly £4,000 a week per soldier
DHSC rapped for sharing 'misleading' graph on nurses' wage rise
30 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
DHSC rapped for sharing 'misleading' graph on nurses' wage rise
Tweet shared after nurses' strike announced remains up despite warning it could harm public confidence
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
29 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
Home Office accused of 'creating preventable' health risk after asylum centre diphtheria outbreak
After suspected cases among asylum seekers dispersed from Manston, expert says situation "should have been prevented through joint working"
Autumn Statement: Hunt under fire for latest delay to social-care reform
18 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
Autumn Statement: Hunt under fire for latest delay to social-care reform
Chancellor says move will pay for £4.7bn services boost; care-cap architect dubs it “inhumane”
UKHSA pushes through pay offer unions rejected, offering £350 'recognition payment' Exclusive
18 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
UKHSA pushes through pay offer unions rejected, offering £350 'recognition payment'
Pay decision ‘disappointing’ and could lead to workforce shortage, union warns
Officials must be 'proactive' in minimising misuse of health stats, regulator says
02 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
Officials must be 'proactive' in minimising misuse of health stats, regulator says
Statisticians should anticipate misinformation and take steps to combat it, OSR says in Covid lessons-learned report
Pandemics, plastic bags and planning: What can data tell us about government policy? Partner Content
02 Nov 2022 Health & Social Care
Pandemics, plastic bags and planning: What can data tell us about government policy?
How do we know if a policy works and gives value for money, or has unintended consequences? The longitudinal data of Understanding Society can help to find the answers
Civil servants help to reveal link between lack of sleep and chronic illness risk
20 Oct 2022 Health & Social Care
Civil servants help to reveal link between lack of sleep and chronic illness risk
Research based on more than 7,000 civil servants' sleep patterns finds link between less than five hours' sleep and developing multiple chronic illnessses
MPs demand answers on 'scrapped' health inequalities paper
19 Oct 2022 Health & Social Care
MPs demand answers on 'scrapped' health inequalities paper
Reports that Coffey has dropped white paper despite Covid highlighting health disparities "deeply concerning"
DHSC chief commercial officer steps down
11 Oct 2022 Health & Social Care
DHSC chief commercial officer steps down
Steve Oldfield also led the Office for Life Sciences
Mini-budget: Departments ‘face difficult decisions’, chancellor warns
23 Sep 2022 Health & Social Care
Mini-budget: Departments ‘face difficult decisions’, chancellor warns
Kwarteng unveils £45bn package of tax cuts in bid to boost economic growth
Ex-NHSX head Gould tipped as next top dog for London Zoo
01 Sep 2022 Health & Social Care
Ex-NHSX head Gould tipped as next top dog for London Zoo
Reports have claimed the long-time civil servant will shortly be unveiled as the director general of ZSL
Kate Bingham warns officials have ‘lost focus’ on new Covid jabs
31 Aug 2022 Health & Social Care
Kate Bingham warns officials have ‘lost focus’ on new Covid jabs
Former taskforce chief says government needs to do more “exploring” to find better vaccines to prevent virus spread
Rishi Sunak: Government gave scientists too much power during Covid
25 Aug 2022 Health & Social Care
Rishi Sunak: Government gave scientists too much power during Covid
“We shouldn’t have empowered the scientists in the way we did", ex-chancellor says
Jonathan Van-Tam given prestigious award for Covid press briefings
24 Aug 2022 Health & Social Care
Jonathan Van-Tam given prestigious award for Covid press briefings
Royal Society says he played a critical role in public engagement during the Covid-19 pandemic
DHSC ‘accelerating disposal’ of £4bn stockpile of unusable PPE
11 Aug 2022 Health & Social Care
DHSC ‘accelerating disposal’ of £4bn stockpile of unusable PPE
Department says waste firms hope to “recover” 15,000 pallets of products a month by the end of the year
Bonfire of the quangos and ‘woke jobs’: What Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have said about the civil service this week
29 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Bonfire of the quangos and ‘woke jobs’: What Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak have said about the civil service this week
Sunak set out plans for vaccine-style taskforce, while Truss takes aim at civil service "groupthink"
Government has broken pledge to tackle NHS and social-care staffing crisis, independent panel says
25 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Government has broken pledge to tackle NHS and social-care staffing crisis, independent panel says
Workforce planning an "afterthought" amid "greatest workforce crisis" in NHS and social care history
Heatwave sunscreen advice based on 20-year-old report 'puts children at risk' Exclusive
19 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Heatwave sunscreen advice based on 20-year-old report 'puts children at risk'
UKHSA and DHSC advice to use SPF 15 falls short of NHS recommendations as temperatures soar
Government 'shouldn’t be scrambling' for external hires, Kate Bingham says
18 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Government 'shouldn’t be scrambling' for external hires, Kate Bingham says
Ex-Vaccine Taskforce chief says government has not learned lessons from the Covid-19 pandemic
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
06 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Barclay named health secretary and Zahawi becomes chancellor as resignations continue
Barclay's successor as Cabinet Office minister yet to be named
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resign
05 Jul 2022 Health & Social Care
Chancellor Rishi Sunak and health secretary Sajid Javid resign
Double resignation comes after Simon McDonald says No.10 was "not telling the truth" about Pincher affair