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  1. Clinical negligence costs

    Work in progress

    Autumn 2025

    This National Audit Office upcoming report will set out the scale of changes to clinical negligence costs and what is driving these changes.

  2. Department of Health & Social Care 2023-24

    Overview Departmental overview

    Published on:

    DHSC spent £191.3 billion in 2023-24. This report provides an introduction to DHSC and our examination of its spending and performance.

  3. Progress in preventing cardiovascular disease

    Report Value for money

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    A review of how NHS Health Checks are provided in England is needed to improve the system for preventing cardiovascular disease.

  4. Reducing the harm from illegal drugs

    Report Value for money

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    Our report looks at whether the government is well positioned to achieve its drug strategy’s 10-year ambitions.

  5. Progress with the New Hospital Programme

    Report Value for money

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    Our report found that the New Hospital Programme (NHP) has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030.

  6. The NHS at 75: what have decades of NAO audits told us?

    Insight Opinion

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    Senior Audit Manager Natalie Low gives an NAO perspective on the NHS as it turns 75. What has many decades of the NAO auditing one of the largest employers in the world revealed?

  7. Access to unplanned or urgent care

    Report Value for money

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    A National Audit Office (NAO) report assessing the government’s approach to improving urgent and emergency care services in England.

  8. Alcohol treatment services

    Report

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    Factual briefing on alcohol treatment services in England, informed by discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and the Association of Directors of Public Health.

  9. Progress in improving mental health services in England

    Report Value for money

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    Despite funding and staffing levels for mental health services increasing, and more patients being treated, millions of people with mental health needs are still not accessing services, with some facing lengthy waits for treatment, according to a new National Audit Office report.