Digital transformation in the NHS
Published on:This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
This report considers the readiness of the government to deliver its ambitions for digital transformation in the NHS in England.
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 […]
The head of the National Audit Office will today (Thursday 8 December) outline lessons from its reports into the government’s handling of COVID-19 in a keynote speech at the Houses of Parliament. Gareth Davies, Comptroller & Auditor General, will also offer guidance for decision-makers seeking public spending efficiencies against a tough economic backdrop. Davies was […]
This report highlights risks to value for money associated with the Department of Health’s programme aimed at enabling its staff to take the lead in leaving the NHS to set up health social enterprises. These are independent bodies delivering services, previously provided in-house, under contract to PCTs.
This report sets out the facts about government preparing the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19.
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 […]
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, […]
There is considerable scope to make further improvements in cancer services and patient outcomes across England.
This report looks at how effectively government met the needs of clinically extremely vulnerable through the shielding programme.
To support local auditors in their work and facilitate consistency of approach between auditors of the same types of entity, we maintain a series of Auditor Guidance Notes (AGNs).
Significant annual savings worth tens of billions of pounds are available through improving public sector productivity, the head of the NAO will say.
Many emergency admissions to hospital are avoidable and many patients stay in hospital longer than is necessary.
This investigation sets out the system for providing vaccinations to pre-school children in England and the levels of uptake.
This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
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 […]
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 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.