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05 Jul 2023 Health & Social Care

'The nation was fortunate': The civil servants who helped build the NHS

On the 75th anniversary of the creation of the NHS, Chris Holme looks back on the officials who made it happen

11 Jan 2023 Education

Heywood Foundation names latest fellow

Jonathan Black takes up research posting created in memory of late cabinet secretary Jeremy Heywood

05 Jan 2023 HR

PM praises public-sector workers as plans emerge for crackdown on strikes

Sunak says he will seek “reasonable dialogue with unions” about what is “responsible and fair” for the nation

04 Jan 2022 Coronavirus

All the major Covid backlogs government must 'get a grip' of in 2022

The NHS is suffering a huge backlog of elective procedures due to the coronavirus pandemic

15 Dec 2021 Health & Social Care

Former Home Office chief Phillip Rutnam appointed to NHS board

Acoba says the appointment of the former perm sec, who resigned last year over a bullying row with Priti Patel, is "low risk"

14 Dec 2021 Health & Social Care

Andy Cowper: When an omnishambles meets Omicron

Missionary zeal from Boris Johnson cannot distract us from the realities of the crunch facing the NHS and the creaking social-care system

11 Oct 2021 Health & Social Care

Welsh Government appoints interim health chief

Judith Paget hired for 18-month stint as chief executive of NHS Wales and director general

14 Sep 2021 HR

Treasury eyes savings from cull of duplicated civil service roles

DHSC and NHS cross-over is a particular area of focus for Spending Review, according to report

30 Jul 2021 Health & Social Care

Andy Cowper: A new NHS chief exec, and a personal responsibility lecture from Boris Johnson

The PM has gone ahead with the Covid unlocking, but the new health secretary had to go nearly straight into isolation after testing positive. Sajid Javid also got to grips with his in-tray, including appointing a new NHS chief

29 Jul 2021 Health & Social Care

Amanda Pritchard named first female chief exec of NHS England

Health service's current COO becomes successor to Sir Simon Stevens

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

19 May 2021 Health & Social Care

Andy Cowper: An Act for NHS reform, but an argument over the bill for social care

In his first column for CSW, health policy expert Andy Cowper reviews Simon Stevens’s Whitehall legacy, and considers the changes being wrought by the new round of health reforms the NHS boss authored

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

16 Apr 2021 Commercial

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

25 Feb 2021 Energy & Environment

Civil Service Awards recognise pandemic innovation and community spirit

Cross government employment-aid efforts, apprenticeships drive and founder of eating-disorder support group among latest recipients

03 Nov 2020 Coronavirus

NHS ‘improves accuracy’ of contact-tracing app as downloads near 20 million

Update will end ‘ghost notifications’, government claims

24 Aug 2020 Health & Social Care

Home Office immigration charge hitting NHS trusts with £15m in fees to use overseas staff

Worst-hit trust has paid out £2m in fees to employ foreign workers since 2017, FoI response shows

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