Local government financial sustainability
Published on:Pressured public services and delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable.
Pressured public services and delays to reform the funding system are contributing to local authorities’ finances becoming unsustainable.
This report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
Last updated – 01 February 2021 About this tool Childhood obesity is a worsening problem which successive governments have attempted to address. The childhood obesity data visualisation is an exploratory tool. It should enable users to identify avenues for local exploration, including potentially similar local areas to explore over time. This interactive data visualisation supports the National Audit Office report on Childhood Obesity which was published in September 2020. The data we present […]
This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
This investigation sets out the facts relating to government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic up to 31 July 2020.
The Whole of Government Accounts consolidates accounts from over 10,000 public bodies, providing an overview of the UK’s public finances.
Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
This investigation looks at the 2017-18 increase in NHS spending on certain generic medicines, possible causes of the price increases in the market for generic medicines, and how the Department of Health and Social Care responded to the price increases.
This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
NHS.
This report examines efforts to address gender based violence, to support government’s target to halve violence against women and girls.
This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England.
This report examines whether the government is likely to meet its ambitions for children and young people’s mental health services.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
The report examines progress that the Department of Health & Social Care, NHS England, NHS Improvement and other stakeholders are making in reducing the impact of emergency admissions on acute hospitals. The report takes a whole-system approach, and looks at action across acute, primary, community and social care systems.