Police accountability: Landscape review
Published on:The new policing oversight framework has been in place for a year but already there are gaps in the system with the potential to undermine accountability both to the Home Office and the public.
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The Regional Growth Fund
Published on:The £1.4 billion funding could result in 41,000 extra full-time equivalent private sector jobs but thousands more could have been created from the same resources.
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Out-of-hours GP services in England
Published on:Although some areas of the NHS in England are achieving value for money for out-of-hours GP services, this is not the case across the board.
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Managing the transition to the reformed health system
Published on:Although new organisations set up as part of the reformed health system were ready to start functioning on time, the transition to the system is not yet complete.
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Case study on integration: Measuring the costs and benefits of Whole-Place Community Budgets
Published on:By operating in a more integrated way, government could reduce inefficiencies in public services and deliver a better service to citizens. A case study on the Whole-Place Community Budget pilots points to the potential benefits on offer where public services are integrated more effectively.
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Monitor: Regulating NHS foundation trusts
Published on:Monitor has achieved value for money in regulating NHS foundation trusts, and has generally been effective in helping trusts in difficulty to improve.
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Programmes to help families facing multiple challenges
Published on:Two government programmes aiming to help families with multiple challenges, such as unemployment and anti-social behaviour, are starting to provide benefits but considerable challenges remain.
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Local government in 2019: a pivotal year
Published on:2019 will be a pivotal year for local government in England. Numerous difficult and open-ended questions need rapid resolution, at a time when government focus and capacity is directed elsewhere. Drawing on a number of our recent reports, here I explore some of the challenges facing the sector, from budget cuts and growing social care […]
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Review of the Town Deals selection process
Published on:This report sets out the process by which MHCLG chose the 101 towns in England it invited to develop Town Deals.
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Protecting and supporting the clinically extremely vulnerable during lockdown
Published on:This report looks at how effectively government met the needs of clinically extremely vulnerable through the shielding programme.
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Timeliness of local auditor reporting on local government in England, 2020
Published on:The report examines the timeliness of auditor reporting on English local public bodies’ financial statements covering 2019-20.
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The adult social care market in England
Published on:This report examines the current care market and the Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing it.
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Local government finance in the pandemic
Published on:This report examines whether the government secured financial sustainability across the local authority sector during COVID-19.
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Local authority governance
Published on:Our report examines whether local governance arrangements provide assurance that local authority spending achieves value and authorities are financially sustainable
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Investigation into remediating dangerous cladding on high-rise buildings
Published on:This investigation sets out how MHCLG is overseeing the remediation of dangerous cladding under its Building Safety Programme.
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Local auditor reporting in England 2018
Published on:The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
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Improving local bus services in England outside London
Published on:This study examines the government’s support for bus services and whether enablers to improve bus services are in place.
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Support for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities in England
Published on:This report assesses how well pupils with special educational needs and disabilities are being supported.
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The health and social care interface
Published on:This ‘think piece’ draws on our past work highlighting the barriers that prevent health and social care services working together effectively, examples of joint working and the move towards services centred on the needs of the individual, to inform the ongoing debate about the future of health and social care in England.
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Investigation into clinical correspondence handling in the NHS
Published on:How NHS England has handled a backlog of 374,000 items.