Medical

Government won't fly in medicines in first batch of contracts awarded through £300m post-Brexit framework

Watchdog says disruption cannot be ruled out despite health secretary Matt Hancock's guarantee

Commons leader compared neurologist David Nicholl to anti-vaxxer Andrew Wakefield after no-deal warnings

As she steps down after nearly a decade as the nation’s doctor, Davies talks to Beckie Smith about the delicate balance of influence and power, dealing with the tabloid press and why altruism matters in public health.

Providers told supplies could take up to five days to deliver – up from three days set out in February guidance

Government rethinks approach after DfT's attempt to secure freight capacity for first Brexit deadline 'cost £85m'

Lidington pledges government will only pay for capacity it uses after £50m payout to scrap no-deal ferry contracts

Public health professor has been a chief scientific adviser to government departments for a decade

The successful candidate must be medically qualified, with a “considerable national profile” DHSC insists

Davies, who set up the National Institute for Health Research and has driven efforts to tackle antimicrobial resistance, will step down in September

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

The department's slow response to a price hike last year was "doubly worrying in the context of uncertainty over supply chains after Brexit", committee chair Meg Hillier said

DExEU warning of food shortages within a fortnight if the UK leaves the EU without a deal on future status revealed

With the end of 2017 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2018 – and tell us what they cannot do Christmas without

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. Professor Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer, takes part in our annual perm secs round-up...

With the end of 2015 in sight, we asked Whitehall's top officials to review the year, set out their priorities for 2016 – and shed some light on their festive plans. Dame Sally Davies, chief medical officer for England, takes part in our biggest-ever perm secs' round-up series...

As the government’s most senior medical adviser, it’s Dame Sally Davies’ job to stand up for hard evidence and grapple with some of the country’s biggest health challenges. Matt Foster meets her

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

As councils take control of public health budgets and staff, the government’s chief medical officer Sally Davies tells Matt Ross why the reforms should enable all kinds of public officials to help take the pressure off the NHS

Different targets and better joint working between health and social care agencies would improve the ambulance service, says this week’s Frontliner

Frontline: Forensic medical examiner A doctor working with the police worries about the effect of outsourcing on the care of vulnerable people