Implementing transparency
Published on:Better access to public information can improve accountability and service delivery. Government needs a firm grasp of whether that potential is being realised.
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Department of Health – Innovation in the NHS: Local Improvement Finance Trusts
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative, launched in 2001, is an effective means of improving primary health and social care. The LIFT model has a number of strengths: it takes a long term strategic approach to local health provision which combines the […]
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Handling Clinical Negligence Claims in England
Published on:The enormous human and financial costs of clinical negligence are highlighted today in a National Audit Office report. The estimated net present value of claims outstanding against the NHS alleging clinical negligence has risen to £2.6 billion, plus an estimated liability of a further £1.3 billion where negligent episodes are likely to have occurred, but […]
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Inpatient and Outpatient Waiting in the NHS
Published on:The need for wider implementation of good practice to manage and reduce waiting lists and times in the NHS in England is highlighted today in a National Audit Office report. In March 2001 some 42,000 patients had been waiting more than 12 months for admission to hospital, and there are large inequalities across the country […]
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Memorandum on the provision of the out-of-hours GP service in Cornwall
Published on:A memorandum on the provision of out-of-hours GP services in Cornwall found whistleblowers played a significant role in highlighting concerns about the service.
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The management of Medical Equipment in NHS Acute Trusts in England
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that NHS Acute Trusts in England held medical equipment with an estimated replacement value of some £3 billion. In 1996-97 they spent some £220 million on acquiring medical equipment annually and a further £120 million on maintenance. Figures for 1997-98 are similar. Medical […]
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Confidentiality clauses and special severance payments – follow up
Published on:The NAO reports on the use of confidentiality clauses and severance payments in three more areas of government.
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NHS financial sustainability
Published on:The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.
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Hip replacements: getting it right first time
Published on:Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported to Parliament today that many NHS trusts and orthopaedic consultants apply good practice in the way that they handle total hip replacements. However, there are significant variations in performance, and there is need for good practice to be spread more widely for the benefit of […]
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NHS (England) Summarised Accounts 1998-99
Published on:The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, today reported to Parliament the results of his examination of the 17 Summarised Accounts* which cover the financial activities of the National Health Service in England, with an annual budget of some £36 billion. Sir John’s opinion on each of the summarised accounts is unqualified. His report […]
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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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The Scottish Ambulance Service: A Service for Life
Published on:Sir John Bourn, the head of the National Audit Office, reported to the Scottish Parliament today that there is scope to improve the responsiveness of accident and emergency ambulance services in Scotland and the impact they have on the healthcare of patients. The Scottish Ambulance Service are responsible for ambulance services across Scotland. Their emergency […]
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Investigation into the management of health screening
Published on:Our investigation focuses on the delivery, performance, oversight and progress implementing change on four health screening programmes.
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Health Resource Allocation. A briefing for the House of Commons Health Select Committee
Published on:This briefing has been prepared to help inform the House of Commons Health Select Committee examination of Health Resource Allocation.
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Safety, Quality, Efficacy: Regulating Medicines in the UK
Published on:The Medicines Control Agency (MCA) has a good track record, nationally and internationally, in protecting public health and in ensuring that medicines are in general safe, of good quality and effective if used properly. But, according to a National Audit Office report, it needs to do more to improve the quality of information and advice […]
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Improving Service Delivery: The Food Standards Agency
Published on:Executive Agencies can improve how they set targets and do more to ensure that their initiatives are leading to better delivery of services, Sir John Bourn, the Head of the National Audit Office reported today. He presented to Parliament four reports which assess how agencies are seeking to improve public services. Executive Agencies need to […]
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Local auditor reporting in England 2018
Published on:The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
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Investigation: clinical correspondence handling at NHS Shared Business Services
Published on:The NAO has investigated how NHS Shared Business Services handled its backlog of unprocessed clinical correspondence.
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Department of Health: The National Programme for IT in the NHS
Published on:The National Audit Office reported to Parliament today the results of its examination of the National Programme for IT in the NHS. The Programme’s scope, vision and complexity are wider and more extensive than any ongoing or planned healthcare IT programme in the world and it represents the largest single IT investment in the UK […]
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Investigation into devolved funding
Published on:This investigation covers how the UK government determines the amount of funding it allocates to the devolved administrations.