Access to unplanned or urgent care
Published on:A National Audit Office (NAO) report assessing the government’s approach to improving urgent and emergency care services in England.
A National Audit Office (NAO) report assessing the government’s approach to improving urgent and emergency care services in England.
Government needs to ensure its growth plans for Cambridge are aligned with its £6-7bn investment in a new regional railway (East West Rail, Oxford to Cambridge), so it can maximise the economic benefits of the line, a new report by the National Audit Office says.
AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.
This is our second report on backlogs for elective and cancer care. It examines the design of NHSE’s recovery plan, how the NHS has been implementing the plan and the ongoing risks NHSE has to manage.
Senior Audit Manager Natalie Low gives an NAO perspective on the NHS as it turns 75. What has many decades of the NAO auditing one of the largest employers in the world revealed?
Our report looks at whether the government is well positioned to achieve its drug strategy’s 10-year ambitions.
Our report looks at how DHSC is responding to the challenges facing adult social care in England, and its progress delivering reforms.
The reforms set out in government’s rail transformation plans are facing delays, and there remain long-standing issues with the rail sector that need to be addressed, such as its financial sustainability and service to passengers.
This report examines progress in establishing Integrated Care Systems in England.
This report provides our initial thoughts on the learning government can draw from its response to COVID-19 to date.
This report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
This report evaluates the government’s COVID-19 vaccine programme focusing on events up to the end of October 2021.
This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing it.
This report evaluates whether Defra’s management of new tree-planting schemes is likely to achieve value for money.
This report examines the financial sustainability of mainstream schools in England.
This memorandum has been prepared to support the Health and Social Care Committee’s Dentistry Services inquiry.
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO between January and September 2023.
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has been processing standard driving licences at normal levels following the backlog that resulted from the COVID-19 pandemic, but there are still delays in applications from drivers with medical conditions, according to the National Audit Office.
This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
There are shortcomings in how the supply of NHS clinical staff in England is managed, in terms of both planning the future workforce and meeting the current demand for staff.