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  2. Managing high value capital equipment in the NHS in England

    Report Value for money

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    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.

  3. Confirmed impacts: Drawing together information and insights across the adult care system

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    This impacts case study shows how our review of the whole adult care system and the increasing pressures on its financial and service sustainability aided the debate about meeting future care needs and highlighted the need for more research to identify the most effective ways of working.

    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.

  6. The procurement of consumables by NHS acute and Foundation trusts

    Report Value for money

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    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.

  8. Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 18

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    Comprehensive Spending Review 2007 covering the period 2008-2011

    Review of the data systems for Public Service Agreement 18 led by the Department of Health: ‘Promote better health and wellbeing for all’

  9. Management of NHS hospital productivity

    Report Value for money

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    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.

  14. Investigation into supported housing

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    Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England

  16. Delivering the Cancer Reform Strategy

    Report Value for money

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    Improvements and efficiencies have been made in key areas of cancer care since the Cancer Reform Strategy was published. However, a lack of high quality information on costs of cancer services and their outcomes inhibits substantial further improvements.