Improving patient access to general practice
Published on: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.
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A review of the role and costs of clinical commissioning groups
Published on:This sets out the role, costs and performance of CCGs, the changing commissioning landscape and the future of CCGs.
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Investigation into pre-school vaccinations
Published on:This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
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Discharging older patients from hospital
Published on: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.
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Mental health services: preparations for improving access
Published on:The Department of Health and NHS England are making progress but much remains to be done to improve access to mental health services.
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Building Public Trust Awards – good practice in annual reports February 2020
Published on: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.
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Test and trace in England – progress update
Published on:This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
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Government lacks clarity on the impact of its funding for independent adult hospices as demand rises for palliative and end-of-life care
Published on:A report from the NAO examines the financial resilience of the adult hospice sector in England, focusing on the financial state of the sector
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Monitor: Regulating NHS foundation trusts
Published on:Monitor has achieved value for money in regulating NHS foundation trusts, and has generally been effective in helping trusts in difficulty to improve.
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Auditing government’s pandemic response
Published on: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 […]
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NHS waiting times for elective care in England
Published on:The NAO has identified inconsistencies in the way trusts measure waiting time and errors in the time recorded.
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Improving children and young people’s mental health services
Published on:This report examines whether the government is likely to meet its ambitions for children and young people’s mental health services.
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NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23
Published on:The Annual Report and Accounts shares details of our work and performance.
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Managing NHS hospital consultants
Published on:The 2003 contract for hospital consultants delivered many expected benefits, but there is room for improvement in how trusts manage their consultants.
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The health and social care interface
Published on:This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
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NHS England’s 2022 Elective Care transformation programmes did not meet all targets
Published on:NHSE’s three elective care transformation programmes have not met their goals to help reduce how long people spend waiting for elective care.
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Case Study: NHS Prescription services – The impact of legacy ICT
Published on:These case studies illustrate how four government bodies are managing the risk of their legacy ICT systems (that is, typically older ICT systems critical for the delivery of public services).
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NHS Supply Chain and efficiencies in procurement
Published on:The NHS is not making the most of its spending power to save money in purchasing medical equipment and consumables.
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NHS financial management and sustainability 2013
Published on:There was a surplus of £2.1 billion across the NHS in 2012-13, matching that in 2011-12. However, there are signs of increasing pressure.
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Childhood obesity data visualisation
Published on:Last updated – 01 February 2021 About this tool Childhood obesity is a worsening problem which successive governments have attempted to address. The childhood obesity data visualisation is an exploratory tool. It should enable users to identify avenues for local exploration, including potentially similar local areas to explore over time. This interactive data visualisation supports the National Audit Office report on Childhood Obesity which was published in September 2020. The data we present […]