Health & Social Care

DExEU minister reveals department has 32 trained mental health champions in wellbeing drive

But peer review finds HR qualms and suggests the organisation needs louder voice on air quality

Councils say green paper next year is "no substitute for extra funding next week"

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