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  2. Management of NHS hospital productivity

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    Hospital productivity has fallen over the last ten years. There have been significant increases in  funding and hospitals have used this to deliver against national priorities, but they need to provide more leadership, management and clinical engagement to optimise the use of additional resources and deliver value for money.

  3. The Decent Homes Programme

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    It is estimated that over a million social homes have been improved by the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Decent Homes Programme, which aims to improve the condition of homes for social housing tenants. The Department has also provided funding to improve conditions for vulnerable households in private sector accommodation. But the National Audit Office […]

  4. Regenerating the English Coalfields

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    Whitehall initiatives to revive former coalfield communities have helped to make them more attractive places to live and work but many remain among the most deprived areas in England and opportunities to help train local people and promote local businesses have been missed, the NAO has today reported. The regeneration effort has three strands: the […]

  6. Regulation of private renting

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    This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.

  7. HM Treasury Resource Accounts 2008-09: Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General to the House of Commons

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    The Comptroller and Auditor General, the head of the National Audit Office, today reported to Parliament that he has qualified his audit opinion on HM Treasury’s Resource Accounts for 2008-09.  This was because, in that year, HM Treasury incurred expenditure of some £24 billion more than Parliament had authorized. This arose because of the need […]

  8. Managing the welfare cap

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    The welfare cap is encouraging a greater understanding of spending on some benefits and tax credits across government, but it is important that processes for managing the cap are reliable.

  9. Department of Health: Progress in improving stroke care

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    The Department of Health’s strategy for stroke care has increased the priority and awareness of the condition and started to improve patients’ care and outcomes, concludes a report by the National Audit Office published today. Actions taken since 2006 have improved the value for money of stroke care; but improvements have not been universal and […]

  10. Memorandum: Extending the Right to Buy

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    This memorandum has been prepared to support the Committee of Public Accounts to consider the approach taken by DCLG in assessing the impacts and value for money arising from aspects of its Housing and Planning Bill.

  11. Financial Management in the Department for Communities and Local Government

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    The Department for Communities and Local Government has shown commitment to financial leadership and governance and has improved its financial management over the last couple of years. However, there is more to do for the department to embed good financial management throughout the department and to improve the financial and business management skills of its […]

  13. Improving dementia services in England – an interim report

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    The Department of Health has developed an ambitious and comprehensive strategy for dementia. However, there has not yet been a robust approach to implementation, according to a National Audit Office report published today. Despite the Department stating, since 2007, that dementia is now a national priority, it has not been given the levers or urgency […]

  14. Planning for homes: Speeding up planning applications for major housing developments in England

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    The Department for Communities and Local Government has given local authorities approximately £68 million a year to improve the handling of planning applications and in particular to speed them up. While authorities are taking more decisions on major housing schemes within 13 weeks, the true extent of the improvement across the development process is not […]

  15. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority’s Magnox contract

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    The NDA’s fundamental failures in the Magnox contract procurement raise serious questions about its understanding of procurement regulations and its ability to manage large, complex procurements.

  16. Department for Communities and Local Government: Housing Market Renewal

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    The pathfinders housing market renewal programme has been running for five years and the government has commited £2.2 billion to it up to 2011. Low demand for housing is now less severe in pathfinder areas and the gap between these areas and surrounding regions has started to close. However, it is not possible to identify […]

  17. New Dimension – enhancing the Fire and Rescue Services’ capacity to respond to terrorist and other large-scale incidents

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    A £330 million programme has enhanced the 46 English Fire and Rescue Services’ capacity to respond to terrorist attacks and other catastrophic incidents such as major flooding.  But better value for money could have been secured in the procurement of the specialist vehicles and equipment, according to a National Audit Office report out today. The New […]

  18. Confirmed impacts: Learning from the experience of welfare reform

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    This impacts case study shows how DWP has responded to our reviews of several welfare reform programmes, including by improving financial controls, contract management, and the way it manages its portfolio of change programmes.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  19. BERR’s oversight of the Post Office Network Change Programme

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    In a report published today, the National Audit Office has found that the Post Office Network Change Programme has largely met its targets and complied with the undertakings given by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform. However, the implementation of some of the new Outreach services, planned for 500 locations where conventional post […]

  20. Supporting investment into the UK

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    This report examines the Department for International Trade’s strategy for supporting investment into the UK.