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  1. Department of Health and Social Care 2024-25

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    In 2024-25 DHSC spent £219.2 billion. Spending is primarily driven by staff costs and clinical supplies and services.

  2. Costs of clinical negligence

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    Our report sets out how liabilities for clinical negligence have changed over time, and what is behind those changes.

  3. The costs of tackling drug harms in prisons

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    This National Audit Office (NAO) report focuses on how the prison and health services are using public funds to tackle drug harms in prisons.

  4. Department of Health & Social Care 2023-24

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

  5. Update on the New Hospital Programme

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    The NAO has published an update on the New Hospital Programme following government’s decision to reset the programme.

  6. Progress in preventing cardiovascular disease

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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.

  7. Progress in improving mental health services in England

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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.

  8. Resilience to animal diseases

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    Key public bodies are insufficiently prepared for a major animal disease outbreak and would likely struggle to cope with one, the NAO finds.

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

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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?

  10. Reducing the harm from illegal drugs

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