Public Health England has made a good start in supporting local authorities with their new responsibilities for public health but it is too soon to tell whether its approach is achieving value for money.
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?
This report looks at BEIS’s oversight of the schemes, its understanding of what the schemes achieved, and how well it worked with local authorities.
The files below are the raw data that powers our data visualisation tool. We have provided these .csv format files as an accessible alternative for those who are unable to make use of the data visualisation. Please download and analyse in your preferred assistive technology. 1. Dashboard 1 Figure 1 Prevalence of obesity ages 4-5 […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, the NAO’s role has been to provide Parliament and the public with evidence-based reports on how public money has been used to tackle the crisis. So far we have published 12 reports on different elements of the pandemic response, including for example the test and trace programme; the procurement of […]
This report establishes the facts on how the government has provided accommodation for rough sleepers during COVID-19.
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.
Data visualisation describing changes in English local authorities’ financial circumstances over the last decade.
This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
This report assesses whether the Home Office’s activities for enforcing immigration rules are achieving its vision.
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
Our investigation focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has been processing standard driving licences at normal levels following the backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still delays in applications from drivers with medical conditions, according to the National Audit Office.
Our interactive data visualisation gives you a greater insight into the challenges faced by local authorities.
A 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.
The UK’s future resilience to dangerous diseases is being undermined by decision-making failures regarding a planned health security campus in Harlow.
This report evaluates the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme focusing on events up to the end of October 2021.
This report considers the effectiveness of the UK government’s cross-border travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This investigation examines DHSC’s performance in managing PPE contracts. It is a factual account of what has happened since November 2020.
This report is a detailed review of government contracts let to Randox between January 2020 and December 2021.