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Local authority governance

Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
15 Jan 2019

Departmental Overview: Local authorities 2017-18

This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Support to Boards

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
11 Oct 2018

Departmental Overview: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government 2017-18

This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.

Sector(s): Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Support to Boards

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
11 Oct 2018

Adult social care at a glance

This overview updates our report ‘Adult social care in England: an overview (2014)’, highlighting key trends, developments and system pressures.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
16 Jul 2018

The health and social care interface

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.

Sector(s): Health and social care, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery, Transforming public services

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
4 Jul 2018

Investigation into clinical correspondence handling in the NHS

How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
2 Feb 2018

A Short Guide to Local Authorities

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.

Sector(s): Local services, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Published:
3 Oct 2017

A Short Guide to the Department for Communities and Local Government

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.

Sector(s): Local services, Parliament

Performance Improvement area(s): Local service delivery

Published:
2 Oct 2017

Progress in setting up combined authorities

For combined authorities to deliver real progress they will need to demonstrate that they can drive economic growth and contribute to public sector reform.

Sector(s): Government, efficiency and transparency, Local services

Performance Improvement area(s): Accountability in local service delivery, Local service delivery

Department(s): Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Published:
6 Jul 2017