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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

Sustainability and transformation in the NHS

Additional funding, aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability, Transforming public services

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
19 Jan 2018

A Short Guide to Selected health arm’s-length bodies

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): Health and social care, Parliament

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
13 Dec 2017

Investigation: WannaCry cyber attack and the NHS

This report investigates the NHS’s response to the cyber attack that affected it in May 2017 and the impact on health services.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Digital service delivery

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
27 Oct 2017

Care Quality Commission regulating health and social care

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.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Oversight of service delivery

Published:
13 Oct 2017

A Short Guide to the Department of Health and NHS England

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): Health and social care, Parliament

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
8 Sep 2017

Managing the costs of clinical negligence in trusts

The cost of clinical negligence in trusts is significant and rising fast, placing increasing financial pressure on an already stretched system.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Cost reduction and affordability

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
7 Sep 2017

Investigation into NHS continuing healthcare funding

Funding for ongoing health care is a complex and highly sensitive area, which can affect some of the most vulnerable people in society and those that care for them.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
5 Jul 2017

Mental health in prisons

Government does not know how many people in prison have a mental illness, how much it is spending on mental health in prisons or whether it is achieving its objectives. It is therefore hard to see how Government can be achieving value for money in its efforts to improve the mental health and well being of prisoners. In 2016 there were 40,161 incidents of self-harm in prisons and 120 self-inflicted deaths.

Sector(s): Health and social care, Law and the justice system

Performance Improvement area(s): Commissioning

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care, Ministry of Justice

Published:
29 Jun 2017