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 […]
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.
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 report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
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.
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
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 […]
Services and outcomes for people with neurological conditions need further improvement.
This report sets out the facts about government preparing the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19.
The NAO has reported on the 2021-22 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC).
This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
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.
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
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).
There is considerable scope to make further improvements in cancer services and patient outcomes across England.
This report looks at how effectively government met the needs of clinically extremely vulnerable through the shielding programme.
The NHS as a whole achieved a net surplus of £515 million in 2006-07, compared with a net deficit of £547 million in 2005-06, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office. The NHS Summarised Accounts show that in 2006-07 287 NHS organisations reported a gross surplus of £1,431 million (2005-06: 357 […]
Many emergency admissions to hospital are avoidable and many patients stay in hospital longer than is necessary.
This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.