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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Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors
Published on:We record government’s progress in ensuring health and social care supplies should the UK leave the EU without a deal.
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Coal Health Compensation Schemes
Published on:Two schemes, administered until recently by the Department of Trade and Industry, to compensate miners for damage to their health has resulted in the settlement of some 575,000 claims by March 2007, the payment of £3.6 billion in compensation and administration costs of £1.9 billion. A report out today by the National Audit Office has […]
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Local government finance in the pandemic
Published on:This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
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Initial learning from the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
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NHS (England) Summarised Accounts 2005-2006
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Pay Modernisation: A new contract for NHS consultants in England
Published on:Under the new NHS consultants’ contract, consultants in England are earning on average 25 per cent more than three years ago but are working the same number of hours or less. Whilst the contract has the potential to improve management of consultant time it has yet to deliver the full value for money to the […]
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Managing cross-border travel during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report considers the effectiveness of the UK government’s cross-border travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Pressures on children’s social care
Published on:This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
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The Provision of Out-of-Hours Care in England
Published on:There were shortcomings in the process of setting up new arrangements to provide out-of-hours primary medical care in 2004, although there is no evidence that patient safety was compromised, the National Audit Office reported today. The Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) who took over responsibility for organising out-of-hours services from GPs lacked knowledge and experience in […]
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Improving quality and safety – Progress in implementing clinical governance in primary care: Lessons for the new Primary Care Trusts
Published on:The National Audit Office has urged the NHS to ensure that a focus on quality and safety is at the top of the agenda in primary care. In a report out today, the NAO says that almost all primary care trusts (PCTS) have clinical governance structures and processes in place that should assure quality and […]
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Care leavers’ transitions to adulthood
Published on:The government has made a commitment to improve support for young people leaving foster or residential care in England but the system is not working effectively.
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The government’s preparedness for the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons for government on risk management
Published on:The report sets out central government’s risk analysis, planning, and mitigation strategies prior to the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic
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The Management of Staff Sickness Absence in Department of Transport and its agencies
Published on:Staff sickness absence in the Department for Transport and its agencies averaged 10.4 days in 2005, costing the taxpayer around £24 million a year, according to a new NAO report published today. Performance varies across the Department, and some parts such as the central department, the Highways Agency and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency compare […]
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Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman Procurement Investigation
Published on:We report on our investigation arising from the findings of Internal Audit for the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman regarding the management of conflicts of interest in procuring services during a fundamental change programme.
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Caring for Vulnerable Babies: The Reorganisation of neonatal services in England
Published on:The reorganisation of neonatal services in England has helped improve care for premature and low birth weight babies with fewer babies travelling long distances for suitable treatment. But, according to the National Audit Office, further improvements to the service are being limited by shortages in nursing staff, a lack of cots in the right place […]
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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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Prescribing costs in primary care
Published on:GPs could prescribe lower cost clinically effective medicines without affecting patient care, according to Parliament’s spending watchdog. And this could save primary care trusts (PCTs) more than £200 million a year. Today’s report by the National Audit Office also points out that unused or wasted drugs could cost the NHS at least £100 million a […]
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Health Focus Autumn 2006
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Regulating financial services
Published on:The new system of regulating financial services will need to demonstrate in future that the cost of two regulators achieves value for money for customers.