The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination programme in England
Published on:This report evaluates the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme focusing on events up to the end of October 2021.
This report evaluates the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme focusing on events up to the end of October 2021.
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According to a National Audit Office report, the NHS has successfully transferred 1.1 million NHS employees on to a new simplified pay system. Given the scale of the NHS this was a substantial task which the NHS, in partnership with the trade unions, achieved in a short timescale. There are some examples of NHS trusts […]
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.
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
This report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
The incentives on government Accounting Officers to prioritise value for money are weak compared to those associated with the day-to-day job of satisfying Ministers.
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
The NAO has reported on the 2021-22 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
Services and outcomes for people with neurological conditions need further improvement.
Although new organisations set up as part of the reformed health system were ready to start functioning on time, the transition to the system is not yet complete.
The head of the National Audit Office will today (Thursday 8 December) outline lessons from its reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament. Gareth Davies, Comptroller & Auditor General, will also offer guidance for decision-makers seeking public spending efficiencies against a tough economic backdrop. Davies was […]
This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
This report sets out the facts about government preparing the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19.
This report highlights risks to value for money associated with the Department of Health’s programme aimed at enabling its staff to take the lead in leaving the NHS to set up health social enterprises. These are independent bodies delivering services, previously provided in-house, under contract to PCTs.
Delivering the National Programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an enormous challenge. All elements of the Programme are advancing and some are complete, but the original timescales for the electronic Care Records Service, one of the central elements of the Programme, turned out to be unachievable, raised unrealistic expectations and put […]
To support local auditors in their work and facilitate consistency of approach between auditors of the same types of entity, we maintain a series of Auditor Guidance Notes (AGNs).
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
There is considerable scope to make further improvements in cancer services and patient outcomes across England.