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    Devolve equality law to protect care experienced young people
    28 Oct 2014 Health & Social Care
    Devolve equality law to protect care experienced young people

    Call for power to classify protected characteristics to be devolved to Scotland


    Surveys reveal high levels of stress and ill health amongst civil servants
    23 Oct 2014 Health & Social Care
    Surveys reveal high levels of stress and ill health amongst civil servants

    Almost two thirds (65%) of civil servants have suffered from ill health as a result of stress at work, one fifth (19%) of which have taken more than 40 days off within a 12 month period as a result of stress-related ill health, new surveys from the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union reveal. 


    DWP inconsistent with 'UK’s international commitments to support disabled people’
    23 Oct 2014 Health & Social Care
    DWP inconsistent with 'UK’s international commitments to support disabled people’

    The Department of Work and Pensions’ (DWP) decision to close the Independent Living Fund (ILF) for disabled people was challenged by the Equality and Human Rights Commission on 22 October. 


    Europe must look to tackle obesity 'across all EU policies', says Borg
    17 Oct 2014 Health & Social Care
    Europe must look to tackle obesity 'across all EU policies', says Borg

    European health commissioner Tonio Borg has called for policymakers and stakeholders to pursue an "integrated approach to tackling obesity" that cuts "across all EU policies".

    Survey reveals negative feelings among public sector health professionals
    29 Aug 2014 Health & Social Care
    Survey reveals negative feelings among public sector health professionals

    A survey of health professionals reveals negativity about NHS reforms across the board. Samera Owusu Tutu reports


    Interview: Dr Ian Hudson, MHRA
    20 May 2014 Health & Social Care
    Interview: Dr Ian Hudson, MHRA

    The Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency is a full-blown and unapologetic regulator in an era of deregulation. Winnie Agbonlahor hears its chief executive, Dr Ian Hudson, explain the value of its work


    NAO queries NHS company
    16 May 2014 Health & Social Care
    NAO queries NHS company

    NHS Property Services was set up as a limited company to manage the NHS property portfolio without a formal business case being produced to support that decision, the National Audit Office has found in a report published this month.


    Bid to block whistleblower’s access to ministers
    14 May 2014 Health & Social Care
    Bid to block whistleblower’s access to ministers

    Civil servants in the Department of Health tried to prevent a doctor from raising safety concerns directly with ministers, The Sunday Times reported this weekend.



     


    The value of Unified Communication in practice Sponsored
    12 May 2014 Health & Social Care
    The value of Unified Communication in practice

    There is no doubt that the innovative use of technology within the UK’s public sector is fast becoming paramount to civil servants’ ability to deliver positive outcomes. 


    Behan: CQC budget was so low, it couldn’t properly inspect care
    05 Mar 2014 Health & Social Care
    Behan: CQC budget was so low, it couldn’t properly inspect care

    The Care Quality Commission’s budget shrank to the point where there was “insufficient resource available for us to do the job” of inspecting care, its chief executive has told CSW – but the Department of Health is now providing extra funds to support a new inspection model.


    Interview: David Behan, CQC
    26 Feb 2014 Health & Social Care
    Interview: David Behan, CQC

    The Care Quality Commission exists to inspect quality in our health and care services – but when chief executive David Behan joined it in 2012, its own services were in turmoil. He tells Matt Ross what he’s doing to turn it around.


    Frontline: General Practitioner
    05 Nov 2013 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: General Practitioner

    A suburban GP explains why he thinks the government has broken the NHS up into clinical commissioning groups


    Vital statistics
    29 Oct 2013 Health & Social Care
    Vital statistics

    Patient records are the lifeblood of the health service. Joshua Chambers examines the analytics techniques that can improve public health and the operation of the NHS – and the sensitivities around privacy and data protection.


    Frontline: Biomedical technician
    25 Sep 2013 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Biomedical technician

    This week’s interviewee is a biomedical technician looking after ward-based medical equipment in an urban area hospital.


    Interview: Sir David Nicholson
    24 Sep 2013 Health & Social Care
    Interview: Sir David Nicholson

    NHS chief Sir David Nicholson has faced a storm of criticism in recent months as concerns over care quality have rocked hospitals across the country. He tells Suzannah Brecknell of his determination to fix the problems


    Rewriting a familiar story
    18 Sep 2013 Health & Social Care
    Rewriting a familiar story

    From unemployment to drug addiction, the public sector’s approach to helping families with multiple problems has often been fragmented. Joshua Chambers explores the new government scheme to unite these efforts


    Breaking down Britain’s ‘Berlin Wall’
    17 Sep 2013 Health & Social Care
    Breaking down Britain’s ‘Berlin Wall’

    The separation between British health and social care has survived far longer than the iron curtain that divided Europe for 44 years. Winnie Agbonlahor looks at the government’s latest efforts to marry the two core services.


    Hunt announces £1bn investment in NHS IT
    04 Sep 2013 Health & Social Care
    Hunt announces £1bn investment in NHS IT

    The Department of Health (DH) will provide hospitals with cash to invest in electronic patient records in a £1bn investment scheme announced today by health secretary Jeremy Hunt.


    Frontline: Psychological wellbeing practitioner
    28 Aug 2013 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Psychological wellbeing practitioner

    An NHS worker warns that gains in mental health care must be defended by focusing on staff retention.


    Political science
    20 Aug 2013 Health & Social Care
    Political science

    The health and business departments are behind a big push to help Britain’s life sciences sector realise its economic potential. Joshua Chambers examines the treatments given, and the progress of the patient so far.


    DH launches digital policy toolkit
    16 Jul 2013 Health & Social Care
    DH launches digital policy toolkit

    The Department of Health has launched a new digital toolkit for policymakers.


    Frontline: Hospital senior house officer
    08 Jul 2013 Health & Social Care
    Frontline: Hospital senior house officer

    A hospital doctor says government edicts and the fear of litigation are limiting medical staffs’ freedom to learn their trade and act in their patients’ best interests. Tom Barfield reports.


    Brown: Horsemeat reviews should keep FSA structure
    09 May 2013 Health & Social Care
    Brown: Horsemeat reviews should keep FSA structure

    The Food Standards Agency (FSA) should retain its current structure because it responded swiftly and retained public trust after the discovery in January that horsemeat was appearing in frozen food products sold as beef, the organisation’s chief executive, Catherine Brown, has told Civil Service World.


    New structure to help plan for long term
    25 Apr 2013 Health & Social Care
    New structure to help plan for long term

    The Cabinet Office has established a new structure, chaired by cabinet secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, to improve government’s long term planning, Civil Service World can reveal.


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