Search results for 'Social care'

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  1. Supporting disabled people to work

    Report Value for money

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    This report is about the Department for Work & Pensions’ support to help disabled people overcome barriers to work.

  2. Investigation into devolved funding

    Press release

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    This investigation covers how the UK government determines the amount of funding it allocates to the devolved administrations.

  3. Local government in 2019: a pivotal year

    Insight Opinion

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    2019 will be a pivotal year for local government in England. Numerous difficult and open-ended questions need rapid resolution, at a time when government focus and capacity is directed elsewhere. Drawing on a number of our recent reports, here I explore some of the challenges facing the sector, from budget cuts and growing social care […]

  4. NHS financial sustainability

    Press release

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    The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.

  5. Investigation into government-funded inquiries

    Report Value for money

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    Given the prevalence of government-funded inquiries, the frequency with which the government uses them following high-profile failures, their importance in relation to the public’s trust of authorities, and the public funds spent on them, the NAO has conducted an investigation into the 26 inquiries that have started and concluded since 2005.

  6. Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018

    Press release

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    This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.

  7. Financial sustainability of local authorities 2018

    Report Value for money

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    This report reviews developments in the sector and examines whether the Department, along with other departments with responsibility for local services, understands the impact of funding reductions on the financial and service sustainability of local authorities.

  8. Local support for people with a learning disability

    Report Value for money

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    Good progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 people aged 18 to 64 who use local authority learning disability support services.

  9. Children in need of help or protection

    Press release

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    The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.

  10. Children in need of help or protection

    Report Value for money

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    The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.