Delivering the National Programme for IT in the NHS is proving to be an enormous challenge. All elements of the Programme are advancing and some are complete, but the original timescales for the electronic Care Records Service, one of the central elements of the Programme, turned out to be unachievable, raised unrealistic expectations and put […]
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The NHS as a whole achieved a net surplus of £515 million in 2006-07, compared with a net deficit of £547 million in 2005-06, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office. The NHS Summarised Accounts show that in 2006-07 287 NHS organisations reported a gross surplus of £1,431 million (2005-06: 357 […]
The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
This investigation builds on our previous work on NHS Property Services Limited and examines the progress the Service has made.
Our financial audit reports contain audit opinions on accounts across the public sector.
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There was a deficit across the NHS as a whole in 2004-05 for the first time since 1999-00. Latest figures also show the deficit has worsened for 2005-06. Compared to 2003-04, the number of NHS bodies with deficits increased, and more of these deficits were significant in size, according to Financial Management in the NHS, […]
Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
The new contract for general practice has contributed to improved recruitment and retention of GPs, with numbers increasing from 26,833 to 30,931 since 2003. However, according to a report out today by the National Audit Office, the contract has cost the Department £1.76 billion more than it originally budgeted for. Today’s report found that, in […]
This report examines waiting time standards for elective and cancer treatment and factors associated with performance in meeting these standards.
This report examines the extent to which the regulation of private renting supports DLUHC’s aim to ensure fairness for renters.
This page is part of our decommissioning toolkit. More and more local statutory agencies are pooling budgets to provide more joined-up services, for example under ‘section 75’ [See Footnote 1] pooled budget arrangements. When considering decommissioning such services, it is important to understand the implications not just on the prime commissioner but also on those […]
Under the new NHS consultants’ contract, consultants in England are earning on average 25 per cent more than three years ago but are working the same number of hours or less. Whilst the contract has the potential to improve management of consultant time it has yet to deliver the full value for money to the […]
The Department of Health has made a serious attempt to tackle health inequalities across England. But, having set a target in 2000 to reduce health inequalities, it was slow to take action and health inequalities were not a top priority for the NHS until 2006.
The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.
This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
This report applies experience from auditing cross-government challenges to highlight the risks government needs to manage to achieve net zero.
This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Your current market may not contain enough potential providers with sufficient capacity. You may therefore wish to develop a stronger provider market. For example, currently you have only one weak organisation available to provide a certain service. But you want, in a few years, to have a choice of […]