Financial sustainability of local authorities visualisation: update
Published on:Data visualisation describing changes in English local authorities’ financial circumstances over the last decade.
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Investigation into the rescue of Carillion’s PFI hospital contracts
Published on:Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
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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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The management of adult diabetes services in the NHS: progress review
Published on:Progress has been made to reduce the additional risk of death for people with diabetes. However, 22,000 are still estimated to be dying each year from diabetes related causes.
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Confirmed impacts: Driving improvements in NHS stroke care
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our work prompted a national strategy for stroke care and NHS adoption of clinical best practice more widely, leading to considerable cost reductions.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Efficiency savings require learning past lessons
Published on:Gareth Davies, head of the NAO, outlines lessons from NAO reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament.
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Confirmed impacts: Improving the procurement of consumables by NHS trusts
Published on:This impacts case study shows how our work motivated the Department for Health to develop a tool and coding system that standarised and reduced consumables procurement costs in the NHS.
It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.
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Auditing the government’s response to COVID-19
Published on:I last posted to this blog in late April as the country was in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining how we were maintaining our operations and adjusting our work programme in the light of the government response to the virus. Now, in late July, most of the UK is gradually emerging from lockdown […]
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The financial sustainability of NHS bodies
Published on:Financial risk is increasing in NHS trusts and foundation trusts. Those in severe financial difficulty continue to rely on cash support from the Department of Health.
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Public Service Pensions
Published on:This report outlines how the public service pensions landscape has changed since the Hutton Review and highlights future challenges.
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Financial modelling in government
Published on:This report examines the use of financial models across government.
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The supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This report examines the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) as part of the government’s response to COVID-19 in 2020.
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Investigating the characteristics of A&E attendances by mental health service users
Published on:This paper sets out how we used NHS administrative data to compare the characteristics of A&E attendances by mental health service users to those of the rest of the population.
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FOI request and disclosure log 2023
Responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests made to the NAO in 2023.
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Managing conflicts of interest in NHS clinical commissioning groups
Published on:The Department recognizes the potential for conflicts of interest in the new system for NHS commissioning. Public confidence that conflicts are well managed will be vital.
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Our history
The National Audit Office has existed in its present form since 1983. A public audit function for central government within the UK has a much longer history.
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Investigation into pre-school vaccinations
Published on:This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
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Exiting the EU: supplying the health and social care sectors
Published on:We record government’s progress in ensuring health and social care supplies should the UK leave the EU without a deal.
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What makes a super model? Using innovative approaches to audit departments’ models
Published on:Find out about the innovative ways our expert Modelling Team scrutinise departments’ models.
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Investigation into government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic
Published on:This investigation sets out the facts relating to government procurement during the COVID-19 pandemic up to 31 July 2020.