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Academics say giving NHS patients access to unapproved medication was a “significant expenditure” that delivered “no meaningful value”

Public Accounts Committee says Better Care Fund failed to meet goals

Announcement comes as Labour announces Jeremy Corbyn has held talks with Sir Jeremy Heywood

Momentous life events remind us why the last thing we need is politicians playing fast and loose with our public services

Review suggests priorities and spending decisions should be “more explicitly informed” by the return they provide on investment

Health Select Committee calls for stronger measures to tax unhealthy food and drink, plus clearer warnings on future action

Expanding a government policy that allows people to use the value of their home to pay for social care without having to sell the property could unlock money at a time of growing demand

Government will be in listening mode once new city region mayors are in place, says growth unit boss

Select committee seeks feedback on payment delays, registration errors, and possible tweaks

Department seeks Office for Disability Issues chief and deputy director for Disability Employment Strategy Directorate

Think tank deputy director Julian McCrae says dealing with impact of the ageing society will be a dominant domestic task for Whitehall over the next 15 years

Rob Behrens tells MPs that office relocation and merged operations with local government counterpart can fund investment in complaints handlers

Number of deputy directors also set to fall from 116 to 80, according to the HSJ

Comments from NHS England chief executive prompt former Treasury permanent secretary Nick Macpherson to warn of a "bottomless pit" on health service funding

Local Government Association says measures announced by communities secretary Sajid Javid are “nowhere near enough” to alleviate pressure on key services

With the end of 2016 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top officials to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2017 – and shed some light on their festive favourites. Duncan Selbie, chief executive of Public Health England, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

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

Senior DH official will need to show “flexibility, adaptability and resilience"

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

Ex-immigration and enforcement chief Amanda Campbell takes up post as troubled watchdog’s chief executive officer 

 Panel of experts — which include former Paralympic swimmer Chris Holmes — launched to help civil service to improve inclusion for disabled staff