Health & Social Care

UK Statistics Authority says NHS Improvement does not have to publish quarterly performance figures before general election

Party’s manifesto promises “an end to wasteful public spending programmes” and a drive to make HM Revenue and Customs crack down on big corporations’ late payments to small firms

Release would "not assist the understanding of the processes of government", according to senior figures

Manifesto U-turn comes after criticism of plan dubbed a "Dementia Tax" by their opponents.

Executive agency set to launch new directorate from the start of next month

Wealthy pensioners will lose state-funded fuel allowance under Tory plans to shake-up the social care system, Theresa May will announce today.

Party also pledges to increase income tax to pay for NHS cash boost

Meg Hillier also slams lack of accountability for Whitehall chiefs after policy failures

Academics say giving NHS patients access to unapproved medication was a “significant expenditure” that delivered “no meaningful value”

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund failed to meet goals

Announcement comes as Labour announces Jeremy Corbyn has held talks with Sir Jeremy Heywood

Momentous life events remind us why the last thing we need is politicians playing fast and loose with our public services

Review suggests priorities and spending decisions should be “more explicitly informed” by the return they provide on investment

Outgoing Food Standards Agency chief executive Catherine Brown believed she had a job with a low media profile until the horse meat scandal raced over the horizon. She tells Mark Smulian about the changes she has made in the department over the last five years and her plans for the future

Health Select Committee calls for stronger measures to tax unhealthy food and drink, plus clearer warnings on future action

Expanding a government policy that allows people to use the value of their home to pay for social care without having to sell the property could unlock money at a time of growing demand

Departmental chiefs must work to create an environment that’s good for body and mind

Report claims Sir Jeremy Heywood secured extra £250m for health service with ultimatum

Think tank deputy director Julian McCrae says dealing with impact of the ageing society will be a dominant domestic task for Whitehall over the next 15 years

Reducing sickness absence is a vital task for leaders, and it must start with some difficult conversations if real progress is to be made 

Worrying projections about our “unsustainable” public finances mean the rhetoric around decentralisation must now become a reality

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ