Special Educational Needs system is financially ‘unsustainable’
Published on:The NAO’s report highlights that England’s special educational needs system is not delivering better outcomes for children and young people.
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Progress with the New Hospital Programme
Published on:The New Hospital Programme (NHP) has experienced delays and is expected to deliver 32 of the intended target of 40 new hospitals by 2030.
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The procurement of consumables by NHS acute and Foundation trusts
Published on:NHS hospitals often pay more than they need to when buying basic supplies. A combination of inadequate information and fragmented purchasing means that NHS hospitals’ procurement of consumables is poor value for money.
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Managing high value capital equipment in the NHS in England
Published on:Value for money is not being achieved across all trusts in the planning, procurement and use of high value equipment. There are significant variations across England in levels of activity and a lack of comparable information about performance and cost of machine use.
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Briefing for Health Select Committee
Published on:In March 2021, the C&AG submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into the Department of Health & Social Care’s White Paper, ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care’. This drew on the National Audit Office’s past body of work to highlight the main risks and opportunities the White Paper presents, both in terms of effective implementation of the proposed reforms and in terms of making progress towards overarching health and social care policy aims.
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Stocktake of access to general practice in England
Published on:Patient satisfaction with access to general practice remains high but is declining. Better data is needed so that decisions about general practice are well-informed.
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Departmental sustainability overview: Department for Transport
Published on:This briefing responds to a request from the Environmental Audit Committee to review sustainability within the Department for Transport.
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems
Published on:The rate at which electronic care records systems are being put in place across the NHS under the National Programme for IT is falling far below expectations and the core aim that every patient should have an electronic care record under the Programme will not now be achieved.
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NHS backlogs and waiting times in England
Published on:This report looks at backlogs and waiting times for elective and cancer care in the NHS in England.
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Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018 visualisation
Published on:Our interactive data visualisation gives you a greater insight into the challenges faced by local authorities.
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Confirmed impacts: Helping to improve accountability in the health system
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our frequent highlighting of the need for consistent and reliable data and clearer accountability has improved reporting and data assurance in the health system.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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General Practice Extraction Service – Investigation
Published on:Mistakes in the original procurement and contract management of an IT system, designed to extract data from GP practices, contributed to losses of public funds, through asset write-offs and settlements with suppliers.
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NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21
Published on:The NAO Annual Report and Accounts 2020-21 provides details about our work and performance.
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Investigation into the management of PPE contracts
Published on:This investigation examines DHSC’s performance in managing PPE contracts. It is a factual account of what has happened since November 2020.
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Investigation into supply chain finance in the NHS
Published on:This investigation examines Greensill Capital’s involvement in the provision of two schemes to the NHS.
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Care services for people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour
Published on:The Government did not meet its goal of transferring by 1 June 2014 all people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour, for whom it was appropriate, from mental hospitals into the community.
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Funding healthcare: Making allocations to local areas
Published on:There is wide variation in the extent to which £79 billion in central funding allocated to local health bodies differs from target allocations that are based on relative need.
• This is NAO’s first report on funding since the 2013 health reforms took effect. Where possible comparisons have been made with funding under the previous system set out in a 2011 NAO report.
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Financial Management in the NHS: Report on the NHS Summarised Accounts 2007-08
Published on:The NHS reported a surplus of £1.67 billion in 2007-08. According to a report jointly prepared by the Audit Commission and the National Audit Office and published today, the surplus achieved reflected good use of resources rather than a failure to deliver healthcare. The Department of Health (DH) has given a commitment that the NHS […]
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National Health Service Landscape Review
Published on:Review of the new arrangements for the NHS proposed in the Health White Paper.
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Confirmed impacts: Securing the future financial sustainability of the National Health Service
Published on:We found that the 2007-2011 Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Board’s poor financial management and procurement of an unaffordable PFI scheme had left the Trust in a critical financial position.
This NAO impacts case study represents one example where there has been some beneficial change, whether financial or non-financial, resulting from our involvement.