The NAO is publishing a suite of Departmental Overviews, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons Select Committees and Members of Parliament.
We record government’s progress in ensuring health and social care supplies should the UK leave the EU without a deal.
This report looks at backlogs and waiting times for elective and cancer care in the NHS in England.
This report considers the effectiveness of the UK government’s cross-border travel measures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.
This report expands on issues in our NHS financial sustainability report to set out the facts on NHS capital investment.
This report is a detailed review of government contracts let to Randox between January 2020 and December 2021.
This investigation examines DHSC’s performance in managing PPE contracts. It is a factual account of what has happened since November 2020.
This investigation examines Greensill Capital’s involvement in the provision of two schemes to the NHS.
This overview updates our report ‘Adult social care in England: an overview (2014)’, highlighting key trends, developments and system pressures.
This memorandum has been prepared to support the Health and Social Care Committee’s Dentistry Services inquiry.
This report sets out the facts on the scale of the NHS nursing workforce challenge.
This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
This report assesses DfE’s response to challenges faced by local authorities in placing looked-after children in residential care in England.
This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.
The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
This report examines government’s progress in securing potential vaccines and determining how they will be deployed to the public.
The C&AG has report on the 2018-19 accounts of NHS Blood and Transplant.
This report examines waiting time standards for elective and cancer treatment and factors associated with performance in meeting these standards.