Health & Social Care

Staff responses signal across-the-board plunge on all key measures, and make department Whitehall’s lowest employee-engagement performer

Watchdog voices “deep concern” over department’s rejection of recommendations to track down drivers with wrongly-revoked licenses

Public Health England’s many responsibilities range from obesity to global pandemics, but public protection and promoting healthy life choices are at the heart of them all. Mark Leftly does the rounds with PHE’s chief executive, Duncan Selbie

Wellbeing and protection agency consults on £400m "science hub" to replace Porton and other sites

Leaked risk assessment highlights concerns over workforce and Brexit – but Whitehall source points out that such documents are designed to set out "worst-case scenario"

Former NHS England director for patients and information set to run Australia's national digital health services and systems

Spending watchdog says bosses failure to declare National Insurance Fund payments kept departmental revenue spending in the black

Information Commissioner says “public interest” in naming representatives from US healthcare firms overrides Freedom of Information exemption

PHE chief executive Duncan Selbie tells MPs of desire to return to cross-working model from “two reorganisations ago”

Former Department of Health permanent secretary Dame Una O’Brien and the DH's current deputy director of legislation and policy reflect on the lessons from a series of seminars drawing on insights from past healthcare leaders and those working on the innovations of the future

KPMG on food subscriptions for families receiving means-tested benefits​

Department of Health says “military level” contingency planning in place to ensure emergency care will continue