Despite funding and staffing levels for mental health services increasing, and more patients being treated, millions of people with mental health needs are still not accessing services, with some facing lengthy waits for treatment, according to a new National Audit Office report.
This report examines whether government has an effective approach to enhancing workforce skills.
Staff numbers and costs have reduced significantly in the last five years. Not enough planning, however, has gone into making sure that the reductions are sustainable.
AI presents the government with opportunities to transform public services potentially delivering billions of pounds in productivity savings.
The Diversity & Inclusion (D&I) Annual Report 2020-21 focuses on our achievements in the final year of our previous D&I Strategy 2018-21.
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.
The UK’s future resilience to dangerous diseases is being undermined by decision-making failures regarding a planned health security campus in Harlow.
The financial performance of NHS bodies worsened considerably in 2015-16, according to the National Audit Office.
Annual spending on consultants and temporary staff has reduced by £1.5 billion since 2010 when strict spending controls were introduced. However, annual spend is now increasing once more and is between £400 million and £600 million higher than in 2011-12.
The Financial Conduct Authority is making significant changes in response to its new responsibilities and past regulatory failures, but it needs to manage the related risks if it’s to meet its commitments, including reducing and preventing financial crime, according to a new report by the National Audit Office.
Demand for ambulance services continues to grow rapidly, but services are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising demand.
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.
Government has delayed plans to cap lifetime social care costs and scaled back plans for reforming the system it set out in December 2021.
The Bank of England is overhauling its management of non-financial risks. The Bank is progressing but recognises there is more to be done.
At a cost of £1.47 billion by March 2009, Train to Gain had supported employer-focused training for over one million learners, and had developed a skills brokerage service with which a majority of employers was satisfied. But while Train to Gain has achieved undoubted benefits for employers, the NAO has concluded that over its full […]
This report examines whether the Home Office is well placed to deliver value for money from the Police Uplift Programme.
Delivery to the frontline is still being put at risk by longstanding weaknesses in inventory management, despite the Ministry of Defence taking steps to improve, according to a new National Audit Office report.
The government’s approach to managing the risks to schools’ financial sustainability cannot be judged to be effective or providing value for money until more progress is made.
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
Challenging objectives for improving access to general practice have been set by the Department and NHS England, but a more coordinated approach and stronger incentives are needed.