Health & Social Care

At the end of 2017, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

Harlow Council planners approve blueprint for science campus

Former civil service head raises concerns about increasing demand pressures across the health service

Health and education departments first to benefit from ‘confidence and supply’ agreement

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