Health and social care integration
Published on:The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
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Introducing Integrated Care Systems: joining up local services to improve health outcomes
Published on:This report examines progress in establishing Integrated Care Systems in England.
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Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre
Published on:It is important that the services for vulnerable people at the Yarls Wood Immigration Removal Centre are delivered ‘right first time’ and this did not happen here. Steps are now being taken to address the problems but 35% of the recommendations from Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons’ 2015 inspection have not yet been implemented.
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Progress in improving mental health services in England
Published on:Despite funding and staffing levels for mental health services increasing, and more patients being treated, millions of people with mental health needs are still not accessing services, with some facing lengthy waits for treatment, according to a new National Audit Office report.
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Achievement of Foundation Trust status by NHS hospital trusts
Published on:Many NHS trusts need to tackle a range of financial, quality and governance issues if they are to meet the standards required of them to become self-governing foundation trusts by 2014. The Department of Health and the NHS will now have to decide how they will deal with those facing the most severe problems.
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NAO independent assessment of NHS England models supporting the Long Term Workforce Plan
Published on:The National Audit Office will carry out an independent assessment of the modelling behind NHS England’s (NHSE) Long Term Workforce Plan
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Maternity services in England
Published on:Most women have good outcomes from NHS maternity services, but there are significant and unexplained variations in performance around the country.
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Management of NHS hospital productivity
Published on:Hospital productivity has fallen over the last ten years. There have been significant increases in funding and hospitals have used this to deliver against national priorities, but they need to provide more leadership, management and clinical engagement to optimise the use of additional resources and deliver value for money.
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Healthcare across the UK: A comparison of the NHS in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Published on:The report finds variations in health outcomes across the four nations, and will help health departments examine how better value for money could be achieved.
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Improving operational capability is crucial to meet rising demand with stretched resources
Published on:The National Audit Office outlines the critical importance of smarter operational delivery to improve the way public services are delivered.
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Investigation into the collapse of the UnitingCare Partnership contract in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough
Published on:In December 2015 a five year contract, worth around £800 million between UnitingCare Partnership and Cambridgeshire and Peterborough clinical commissioning group collapsed after only 8 months because it ran into financial difficulties. NAO examined the design, procurement and operation of the contract and the events that led to its termination.
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New Hospital Programme on firmer footing but RAAC‑affected buildings will miss 2030 replacement deadline
Published on:The NAO has published an update on the New Hospital Programme following government’s decision to reset the programme.
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Sustainability and financial performance of acute hospital trusts
Published on:The financial performance of acute hospital trusts has deteriorated sharply and their financial performance looks set to worsen in 2015-16.
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Managing conflicts of interest and keeping public trust
Published on:High profile incidents remind individuals and organisations just how important it is to manage potential conflicts of interest. In March 2017, the Court of the Bank of England commissioned a review of the institution’s approach to managing conflicts of interest. The review was prompted by the resignation of Charlotte Hogg who had been Deputy Governor […]
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Managing NHS backlogs and waiting times in England
Published on:This is our second report on backlogs for elective and cancer care. It examines the design of NHSE’s recovery plan, how the NHS has been implementing the plan and the ongoing risks NHSE has to manage.
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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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Alcohol treatment services
Published on:A factual briefing on alcohol treatment services in England, informed by discussions with the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England, and the Association of Directors of Public Health.
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The adult social care workforce in England
Published on:The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
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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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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.