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  1. Reducing emergency admissions

    Report Value for money

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    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.

  2. Investigation into NHS continuing healthcare funding

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    Funding for ongoing health care is a complex and highly sensitive area, which can affect some of the most vulnerable people in society and those that care for them.

  3. NHS financial sustainability

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    The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.

  4. Local auditor reporting in England 2018

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    The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.

  5. A Short Guide to the Department of Health and NHS England

    Overview Short guide

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    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.

  6. Sustainability and transformation in the NHS

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    Additional funding, aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures.

  7. Adult social care at a glance

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    This overview updates our report ‘Adult social care in England: an overview (2014)’, highlighting key trends, developments and system pressures.

  8. Pressures on children’s social care

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    This report covers recent trends in pressures on children’s social care demand and activity and national and local government’s response.

  9. Departmental Overview 2015-16: Department of Health

    Overview Departmental overview

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    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.

  10. Local support for people with a learning disability

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    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.