The challenges facing local NHS bodies are unprecedented and improved financial management will be essential to meeting them, according to a study by the National Audit Office and the Audit Commission. The report, Financial Management in the NHS, published today, is the first joint study carried out by the NAO and the Commission. It shows […]
The Department of Health has made a serious attempt to tackle health inequalities across England. But, having set a target in 2000 to reduce health inequalities, it was slow to take action and health inequalities were not a top priority for the NHS until 2006.
This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.
The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.
This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
The National Audit Office reported today that, four years into the 10-year NHS Cancer Plan, substantial progress has been made in meeting the Plan’s targets. The thirty-four cancer networks which have been established have achieved important improvements in delivering cancer services across England. However, the networks need to be more effective and to develop partnership […]
Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn has qualified his opinion on the accounts of NHS Direct for the year up to 31 March 2005 because of a lack of evidence to support a significant number of payroll payments. A second reason for the qualification was a lack of evidence to support comparative […]
This sets out the role, costs and performance of CCGs, the changing commissioning landscape and the future of CCGs.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.
The National Audit Office has found that while the NHS has successfully reduced its expenditure on agency nursing staff, temporary staff remain a key component of trusts’ ability to be flexible and expenditure on temporary nursing staff employed through nursing banks and NHS Professionals has increased. Many NHS trusts do not have robust information to […]
This investigation covers how the UK government determines the amount of funding it allocates to the devolved administrations.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
NHS Direct, the national telephone healthcare advice service operated by nurses, has achieved a high level of customer satisfaction since its introduction. The service, which has been fully available throughout England and Wales since November 2000, has a good safety record. Evidence at the local level suggests that it can help reduce demand on healthcare […]
This report outlines how the public service pensions landscape has changed since the Hutton Review and highlights future challenges.
This report examines whether the government is likely to meet its ambitions for children and young people’s mental health services.
In this report, we assess whether NHS England managed the PCSE contract with Capita effectively to secure the intended benefits
Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative, launched in 2001, is an effective means of improving primary health and social care. The LIFT model has a number of strengths: it takes a long term strategic approach to local health provision which combines the […]
Our investigation focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes.
This report examines whether the NHS is well placed to get value for money from its investment in developing new care models through vanguards.