Cross-government unit targets drug misuse and deaths
09 Jul 2021 Health & Social Care
Cross-government unit targets drug misuse and deaths
Plan comes as review dubs current system “unfit for purpose” and says cash alone will not be enough to fix crisis
SAGE still probing links between hospital discharges and care home Covid outbreaks
01 Jul 2021 Health & Social Care
SAGE still probing links between hospital discharges and care home Covid outbreaks
MPs said care homes were "thrown to the wolves" in the pandemic last year
ICO ‘looking carefully’ at ministers’ alleged use of Gmail for government business
30 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
ICO ‘looking carefully’ at ministers’ alleged use of Gmail for government business
Reports claim that three DHSC ministers have used private accounts
Government pilot to drop self-isolation for those who have had both vaccines
22 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Government pilot to drop self-isolation for those who have had both vaccines
Health secretary says government trialling the use of tests instead of isolation for those double jabbed
UK 'cannot afford' more broken promises on social care
17 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
UK 'cannot afford' more broken promises on social care
DHSC must produce a reform plan and workforce strategy after years of promising to do so, MPs say
Hancock hails new Vaccine Taskforce head
15 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Hancock hails new Vaccine Taskforce head
Former NHS London chair Richard Sykes appointed to replace Kate Bingham
Hancock denies lying to prime minister
11 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Hancock denies lying to prime minister
Health secretary refutes Dominic Cummings' claims he misled Boris Johnson during the pandemic
Dido Harding eyes NHS chief executive job
08 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Dido Harding eyes NHS chief executive job
Controversial Conservative peer who ran Test and Trace says she’s thinking about applying to become Sir Simon Stevens' successor
DHSC seeks adviser to develop 'reputation and influence' of new health agency
07 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
DHSC seeks adviser to develop 'reputation and influence' of new health agency
Applicants for £117,000-a-year job must be able to work under "pressure, scrutiny and ambiguity"
DWP data unit ‘helped 540,000 unpaid carers get early vaccinations’
03 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
DWP data unit ‘helped 540,000 unpaid carers get early vaccinations’
Department made first bulk data transfer to NHS England in February
Former GSK chief appointed to lead Antivirals Taskforce
02 Jun 2021 Health & Social Care
Former GSK chief appointed to lead Antivirals Taskforce
Eddie Gray will head team hunting for at-home treatments to counter Covid-19
Calls for full Covid inquiry to begin now after Cummings hearing
28 May 2021 Health & Social Care
Calls for full Covid inquiry to begin now after Cummings hearing
Demands come as health secretary Matt Hancock denies he lied during pandemic planning
Failure to deliver social-care plan could 'destabilise' health reforms, MPs warn
14 May 2021 Health & Social Care
Failure to deliver social-care plan could 'destabilise' health reforms, MPs warn
Select committee members say they will be “extremely disappointed” if a 10-year social-care plan does not appear by the end of 2021
PM delays independent Covid inquiry until 2022
13 May 2021 Health & Social Care
PM delays independent Covid inquiry until 2022
But Downing Street admits at least one internal lessons-learned probe has already completed
NHS Digital drafts in Test and Trace CIO as interim chief
04 May 2021 Health & Social Care
NHS Digital drafts in Test and Trace CIO as interim chief
Simon Bolton appointed at health-service tech agency after Sarah Wilkinson decides to step down
NHS England chief to stand down after seven years in post
30 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
NHS England chief to stand down after seven years in post
Boris Johnson praises Sir Simon Stevens for leading the health service with “great distinction”, especially during the coronavirus pandemic
PPE procurement drive left civil servants ‘drowning’ in VIP requests
23 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
PPE procurement drive left civil servants ‘drowning’ in VIP requests
Good Law Project says government’s “high-priority lane” for suppliers hampered officials’ ability to buy necessary equipment from legitimate suppliers
MPs slam lack of planning and poor data in Covid shielding scheme
22 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
MPs slam lack of planning and poor data in Covid shielding scheme
Some 800,000 people may have “slipped through the net and missed out on much-needed support”
Government launches antivirals taskforce to help country ‘learn to live' with Covid
21 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
Government launches antivirals taskforce to help country ‘learn to live' with Covid
New taskforce will lead development of coronavirus treatments in tablet or capsule form
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
21 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
DHSC names new chief scientific adviser
Lucy Chappell will take on some of chief medical officer Chris Whitty’s health department work
Matt Hancock owns shares in family firm that won NHS contracts
16 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
Matt Hancock owns shares in family firm that won NHS contracts
Health secretary's sister's company won NHS Wales contracts worth £300,000 last month
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
16 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
Mitie lands £90m contract for quarantine-compliance checks
Home Office says new service will visit up to 10,000 people a day who are supposed to be isolating at home
DHSC spending £40,000 a week on consultants to develop business case for new health agency Exclusive
13 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
DHSC spending £40,000 a week on consultants to develop business case for new health agency
PwC has helped draft business case for Treasury, hire staff and prepare for the Spending Review
Government to trial vaccine passports as PM confirms next stage of lockdown easing
06 Apr 2021 Health & Social Care
Government to trial vaccine passports as PM confirms next stage of lockdown easing
Possible role for ‘Covid-status certification’ discussed as Cabinet Office review continues