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  2. Department of Health – Innovation in the NHS: Local Improvement Finance Trusts

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    Sir John Bourn, head of the National Audit Office, reported today that the Local Improvement Finance Trust (LIFT) initiative, launched in 2001, is an effective means of improving primary health and social care. The LIFT model has a number of strengths: it takes a long term strategic approach to local health provision which combines the […]

  3. Investigation into NHS spending on generic medicines in primary care

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    This investigation looks at the 2017-18 increase in NHS spending on certain generic medicines, possible causes of the price increases in the market for generic medicines, and how the Department of Health and Social Care responded to the price increases.

  4. Successful commissioning toolkit
    State of the market

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. Whether you use procurement or grant, you will have to appoint a provider to deliver the good or service you are seeking. The set of potential providers is the ‘market’. The market for the service you require may be highly competitive, with many potential providers with high levels […]

  5. Childhood obesity

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    This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.

  6. Reducing emergency admissions

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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.

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    Pooling money and what goes with that

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. So far, we have considered your programme as a separate programme. That may be where matters end up. But you need first to consider the option of pooling your fund with another fund. There are a number of factors to consider: A large procurement or grant can provide economies of […]

  10. NHS Direct in England

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    NHS Direct, the national telephone healthcare advice service operated by nurses, has achieved a high level of customer satisfaction since its introduction. The service, which has been fully available throughout England and Wales since November 2000, has a good safety record. Evidence at the local level suggests that it can help reduce demand on healthcare […]

  11. Reforming NHS Dentistry: ensuring effective management of risks

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    There is a strong rationale for modernising NHS dentistry, but significant risks will have to be managed if the new arrangements announced by the Department of Health are to be effective and provide value for money, according to the National Audit Office. In particular, given the scepticism of some dentists compounded by a lack of […]

  12. NHS (England) Summarised Accounts 2002-2003

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    Head of the National Office Sir John Bourn reported to Parliament today that, in 2002-2003, the Department of Health successfully met its target of ensuring that financial balance was achieved in aggregate across the 607 individual NHS organisations. The NHS as a whole reported an underspend of £96 million within the context of healthcare commissioned […]

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    Assessing needs

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. There are many models of the commissioning cycle but all share some common features and all include, in some form or another, a stage where the needs of the population you serve are assessed. Assessing needs may form part of a higher-level process called ‘analyse’ or ‘strategic […]

  15. NHS (England) Summarised Accounts 2001- 02

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn has published a report following his examination of each of the twenty three summarised accounts for the NHS in England. Today’s report draws attention to a number of issues, including the NHS’s overall financial performance, developments in accounting and internal control, fraud, and clinical negligence liabilities. […]

  16. Facing the Challenge: NHS Emergency Planning in England

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    Head of the National Audit Office Sir John Bourn today reported to Parliament on how well prepared the NHS is to respond to disasters. The NAO started this study before September 11 2001 and since then updated its work to take into account progress made by the NHS in this area during the subsequent period […]

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    Value for money and TSOs

    This page is part of our successful commissioning toolkit. It is important that financial relationships with third sector organisations (TSOs) are cost-effective, that good value for money is achieved by the programme or service involved. Poor value for money means either that: more needs to be spent to achieve the expected outcomes, leaving less money for other […]

  20. Inappropriate adjustments to NHS waiting Lists

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    The National Audit Office has published the results of its examination into the inappropriate adjustment of waiting lists at a number of NHS trusts. In July of this year the NAO published its report Inpatient and outpatient waiting in the NHS looking at the accuracy and management of NHS waiting lists. In that report it […]