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.
Published:
16 Jul 2018
16 Jul 2018
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Health and social care
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.
Published:
4 Jul 2018
4 Jul 2018
Developing new care models through NHS vanguards
This report examines whether the NHS is well placed to get value for money from its investment in developing new care models through vanguards.
Published:
29 Jun 2018
29 Jun 2018
Investigation into NHS spending on generic medicines in primary care
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.
Published:
8 Jun 2018
8 Jun 2018
NHS England’s management of the primary care support services contract with Capita
In this report, we assess whether NHS England managed the PCSE contract with Capita effectively to secure the intended benefits
Published:
17 May 2018
17 May 2018
Reducing emergency admissions
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.
Published:
2 Mar 2018
2 Mar 2018
The adult social care workforce in England
The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
Published:
8 Feb 2018
8 Feb 2018
Investigation into clinical correspondence handling in the NHS
How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.
Published:
2 Feb 2018
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.
Published:
19 Jan 2018
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.
Published:
13 Dec 2017
13 Dec 2017