The Department recognizes the potential for conflicts of interest in the new system for NHS commissioning. Public confidence that conflicts are well managed will be vital.
This report examines the use of financial models across government.
This briefing on the NHS and sustainability in England has been prepared for the Environmental Audit Committee. It focuses on identifying potential good practice, opportunities and challenges and draws on the NAO’s good practice criteria.
Financial risk is increasing in NHS trusts and foundation trusts. Those in severe financial difficulty continue to rely on cash support from the Department of Health.
The National Audit Office has existed in its present form since 1983. A public audit function for central government within the UK has a much longer history.
Find out about the innovative ways our expert Modelling Team scrutinise departments’ models.
This investigation sets out the facts relating to government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic up to 31 July 2020.
This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
We record government’s progress in ensuring health and social care supplies should the UK leave the EU without a deal.
In response to questions raised by the House of Commons Health Committee in late 2013 and wider Parliamentary interest, we conducted an investigation into five specific concerns about NHS Property Services. Our investigation established the facts relating to these concerns.
May 2014
Good progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 people aged 18 to 64 who use local authority learning disability support services.
This sets out the role, costs and performance of CCGs, the changing commissioning landscape and the future of CCGs.
Challenging objectives for improving access to general practice have been set by the Department and NHS England, but a more coordinated approach and stronger incentives are needed.
There are currently far too many older people in hospitals who do not need to be there. Without radical action, this problem will worsen and add further financial strain to the NHS and local government.
The Department of Health and NHS England are making progress but much remains to be done to improve access to mental health services.
The Building Public Trust Awards recognise outstanding corporate reporting that builds trust and transparency. This interactive PDF illustrates a range of good practice examples across annual reports in both the public and private sector.
This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
Monitor has achieved value for money in regulating NHS foundation trusts, and has generally been effective in helping trusts in difficulty to improve.
Like governments around the world, ours has committed unprecedented amounts of public money to the fight against coronavirus. By the end of 2020, this reached £271 billion in the UK and will continue to increase. As the UK’s independent public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office has been tracking the Government’s pandemic spending commitments, reporting […]
The NAO has identified inconsistencies in the way trusts measure waiting time and errors in the time recorded.