The Department of Health has paved the way for a rapid increase in the number of managers in Primary Care Trusts this week after they were given the freedom to spend what they need on management.
Improvements in the health service must go hand in hand with higher pay for NHS staff, Unison general secretary Dave Prentis warned the government this week.
London Mayor Ken Livingstone's imminent new transport powers will come under increasing internal scrutiny following a fundamental reorganisation of the Greater London Authority's independent...
Money will follow the patient. Trusts will be paid on results. Hospitals that treat more patients will receive more money. GP-led commissioning bodies will be able to scrap deals with local NHS care...
Proposals to set up independent inspectorates for health and social care should result in a less politicised NHS that is freed from Whitehall control, the King's Fund said this week.
The health secretary has warned nurses that the salary increases expected following the restructuring of the NHS pay system will 'not be a something-for-nothing arrangement'.
Public services are to receive an extra £4bn in 2003/04, with over half allocated to the health service, Chancellor Gordon Brown announced in this week's Budget.
NHS managers dazzled by this week's £40bn Budget boost called on the government to trust them to improve the health service. But they warned ministers not to expect instant results.
The three big public sector unions have overwhelmingly rejected local authorities' pay offer, paving the way for the first national strike by local government staff since the 1970s.
The chancellor should 'take to heart' figures showing the English health service can improve if given sufficient funding, the NHS Confederation said this week.
An independent report on the government's flagship urban education initiative, Excellence in Cities, has praised the introduction of schemes such as pupil mentoring and specialised learning centres...
The Liberal Democrats pledged to create a 'world-class NHS' with more investment than ever before when they unveiled their alternative Budget on April 8.
The Treasury has sparked a 'beauty contest' between NHS watchdogs after it suggested that their functions may be merged into a new health service regulator.
Debts of up to £500m inherited by English primary care trusts should be written off by the government, an influential group of NHS professionals has said.
New powers to make it easier for social landlords to evict unruly tenants have been proposed by the government in a new attempt to tackle antisocial behaviour.
Councils that set up more than one new registered social landlord to accommodate large stock transfers have been warned against creating over-complex group structures.
Fraud investigators are to be appointed throughout England in response to the mounting number of complaints being received by the Learning and Skills Council.
Chancellor Gordon Brown this week prepared the ground for his widely anticipated tax rises to pay for the NHS, but warned that any spending commitments must be matched by rapid improvements in...
Council tax bills are to soar by an inflation-busting 8.1% on average, reflecting widespread fears among authorities that their budgets are being stretched to the limit.
Health Secretary Alan Milburn has signalled a significant increase in social services spending in this summer's Spending Review but insisted it will be allied to 'radical' reforms, including the de...
