Health & Social Care

Civil servants have always worked under pressure, but Brexit has upped the level considerably. Sneering at departments helping staff deal with stress benefits no-one, says Andrew Greenway

MPs find millions miss out on potentially life-saving checks against backdrop of underperformance and out-of-date IT

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