Cross-government working: good practice
Published on:This guide aims to support policy and delivery professionals responsible for delivering programmes involving more than one department in delivery.
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The NHS at 75: what have decades of NAO audits told us?
Published on: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?
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How to deliver regulation locally
Published on:This report brings together our learning and identifies eight areas for government departments and national regulators to consider when designing, delivering and improving regulation involving local regulatory delivery.
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Quality assurance of models: a guide for audit committees
Published on:This good practice guide will help audit committees understand and question the quality assurance framework for business-critical models.
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Police recruitment target hit, now to secure the benefits
Published on:We’ve used our Police Uplift Programme report to give context on the Home Office reaching its target of 20,000 new police officers.
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Resetting major programmes
Published on:This report uses our experience of auditing programmes to draw together insights to help decision-makers determine whether they should reset a programme and how to increase the chances of a reset succeeding.
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Fit for purpose? Modernising government’s outdated digital services
Published on:This opinion piece looks at the issues raised by the NAO’s recent report on how Defra is gradually modernising it’s digital services.
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How to improve operational services
Published on:These good practice guides share practical tips on improving the quality and efficiency of day-to-day services provided by government.
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Efficiency savings require learning past lessons
Published on:Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, outlines lessons from NAO reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament.
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Agile or fragile? The challenges of Agile at scale
Published on:This opinion piece looks at the challenges faced when using Agile for major digital change programmes.
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The DECA: Understanding challenges in delivering project objectives
Published on:The Delivery Environment Complexity Analytic (DECA) is a tool developed by the National Audit Office (NAO) to provide a high level overview of the challenges, complexity and risks to delivery of a project, programme, policy or area of work.
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Regulation post-EU exit: what are the key issues?
Published on:We brought together experts on regulation and Britain’s relationship with Europe to discuss the issues facing regulators following the UK’s exit from the EU.
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Use of Agile in large-scale digital change programmes
Published on:This guide helps Audit and Risk Committees ask the right questions when undertaking major digital change programmes using Agile.
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Efficient services – it ain’t just what you do, it’s the way that you do it…
Published on:This blog highlights our upcoming good practice guide that’s a ‘how to’ guide for people managing a service. It also includes a separate summary on managing demand.
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Guide to corporate finance in the public sector
Published on:This guide addresses the complex topic of corporate finance in the public sector and includes key questions to ask when scrutinising corporate finance activities.
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Improving government data: what needs to change?
Published on:If the government wants to modernise, it must start with its data – but addressing the government’s data issues isn’t easy.
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Improving government data: A guide for senior leaders
Published on:This guide is aimed at accounting officers, chief executives, director
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Achieving value for money for government’s environmental goals
Published on:2021 was a big year for government’s commitments to the environment. The statutory target to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 was backed up with a strategy and the Environment Bill gives legal force to nature recovery targets. The challenge now lies in turning targets and strategies into actions that will combat rising […]
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Audit and Risk Assurance Committee effectiveness tool
Published on:Our tool is primarily based on guidance from central government, most notably HM Treasury’s Audit and Risk Assurance Committee Handbook.
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Communication with academy trust auditors
Published on:This communication provides an understanding of an academy auditor’s role and the NAO’s expectation of them.