Health and social care Archives - Page 6 of 40

Local support for people with a learning disability

Good progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 people aged 18 to 64 who use local authority learning disability support services.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
3 Mar 2017

Health and social care integration

The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.

Posted 8 February 2017 in: Press Release | Community and society, Health and social care, Local services

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

Contact:

NAO Press Office
+44 (0)20 7798 7400 or email pressoffice@nao.org.uk

Health and social care integration

The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.

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

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

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

Published:
8 Feb 2017

NHS Ambulance Services

Demand for ambulance services continues to grow rapidly, but services are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising demand.

Posted 26 January 2017 in: Press Release | Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability

Contact:

NAO Press Office
+44 (0)20 7798 7400 or email pressoffice@nao.org.uk

NHS Ambulance Services

Demand for ambulance services continues to grow rapidly, but services are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising demand.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Financial and service sustainability

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
26 Jan 2017

Improving patient access to general practice

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.

Posted 11 January 2017 in: Press Release | Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Commissioning

Contact:

NAO Press Office
+44 (0)20 7798 7400 or email pressoffice@nao.org.uk

Improving patient access to general practice

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.

Sector(s): Health and social care

Performance Improvement area(s): Commissioning

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
11 Jan 2017

Departmental Overview 2015-16: Department of Health

This Departmental Overview looks at the Department of Health (DH) and summarises its performance during the year ended March 2016, together with our recent reports on it.

Sector(s): Health and social care, Parliamentary News

Performance Improvement area(s): Departmental Overviews

Department(s): Department of Health and Social Care

Published:
15 Dec 2016