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The National Audit Office's health work is focused where we can add most value. Working in tandem with experts in each field, we tackle some of the most difficult problems confronting health managers today.

A key part of our process is to identify good practice, and practical solutions that can be applied more widely. The purpose of this Briefing is to summarise our key findings in each report and the steps that can be taken - steps that should lead to improved patient outcomes and better value for money. These summaries complement other guidance issued by the NHS Executive and NICE on subjects covered by our Reports.

I hope that you will find this helpful. More details are available from the contacts listed and full copies of each report can be found on our website (www.nao.gov.uk).

Over the coming months we will be issuing studies on charitable funds, the National Blood Service and obesity. We are also very interested in your ideas for future studies that we could carry out.

If you have a suggestion please e-mail Jeremy Colman through our enquiries desk, mark your email for his attention

Martin Pfleger

Elective total hip replacements

The management; of medical equipment

The management and control of hospital acquired infection

Inpatient and bed management

NHS Summarised Accounts