The British Civil Service

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The reform of the British civil service: life cycle, family, and class in the treasury, c.1847-1914 by Galan-Guerrero, L

“…<p>This thesis examines the reform of the British Civil Service and its impact on society by providing the first systematic exploration of developments in the Treasury department between 1847 and 1914. …”

Pay determination in the civil service since 1979 by Kessler, I

“…This article traces the development of pay determination in the British civil service over the last decade. It argues that after a period of instability, the pay system established at the end of the 1980s embraced rather than reconciled two competing traditions of pay determination; one based upon the importance of traditional compatibility criteria and the other stressing flexibility to meet managerial needs. …”

Health selection in the Whitehall II study, UK. by Chandola, T, Bartley, M, Sacker, A, Jenkinson, C, Marmot, M

“…Data from four phases of the Whitehall II study (initially consisting of 10,308 men and women aged 35-55 in the British civil service) were collected over a 10 year period. …”

The struggles of Ceylonese women in Rani Manickas, the rice mother and the Japanese lover by Mani, Manimangai

“…Most of them were educated and were employed in the British civil service in Malaya. Brides were often imported from Ceylon for these men who are well settled in this new country. …”
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Association of sleep duration at age 50, 60, and 70 years with risk of multimorbidity in the UK: 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study. by Séverine Sabia, Aline Dugravot, Damien Léger, Céline Ben Hassen, Mika Kivimaki, Archana Singh-Manoux

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Data were drawn from the prospective Whitehall II cohort study, established in 1985 on 10,308 persons employed in the London offices of the British civil service. Self-reported sleep duration was measured 6 times between 1985 and 2016, and data on sleep duration was extracted at age 50 (mean age (standard deviation) = 50.6 (2.6)), 60 (60.3 (2.2)), and 70 (69.2 (1.9)). …”
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Association of sleep duration at age 50, 60, and 70 years with risk of multimorbidity in the UK: 25-year follow-up of the Whitehall II cohort study by Séverine Sabia, Aline Dugravot, Damien Léger, Céline Ben Hassen, Mika Kivimaki, Archana Singh-Manoux

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4> Data were drawn from the prospective Whitehall II cohort study, established in 1985 on 10,308 persons employed in the London offices of the British civil service. Self-reported sleep duration was measured 6 times between 1985 and 2016, and data on sleep duration was extracted at age 50 (mean age (standard deviation) = 50.6 (2.6)), 60 (60.3 (2.2)), and 70 (69.2 (1.9)). …”
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