The Latest Breaking News from The Department of Health and Social Care

In an address to the civil service, new Cabinet Secretary Sir Chris Wormald said officials would have to change the way they work.

Sir Chris Wormald will leave his role as the senior official at the Department of Health and Social Care to become the new Cabinet Secretary.

Wormald will take over from Simon Case on 16 December as the most senior official in the country

Calls have been made for GPs, dentists, hospices and pharmacies to be exempt from the increase which was announced in last month’s Budget.

Health check, which looks for signs of illnesses such as heart disease and diabetes, is available to people over 40

Letters: Rachael Dodgson of Dimensions says the budget adds to the pressure not-for-profit social care providers already face. Richard Robinson and Andrea Nicholas-Jones of Hourglass call on the chancellor to think again

Catalogue of errors by government and health officials includes the deliberate winding down of PPE stockpiles

Dr Henrietta Hughes said focus on budgets had led to substandard care and dismissal of legitimate fears

THE UK health system must end its “begging bowl culture” and instead focus on economic growth, Health Secretary Wes Streeting has said ...

In 1997, Tony Blair’s election “pledge card” included a promise to cut NHS waiting lists, then totalling 1.16 million. Keir Starmer’s “first steps for change” include a similar pledge to cut waiting times, but his task is on a different scale, with 7.5 million people currently awaiting treatment. How did…

Exclusive: Shortages of riluzole, which can delay the onset of ventilator dependence, were flagged to DHSC in September