Department of Health and Social Care Accounts 2025-26
Published on:Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has reported on the 2025-26 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Gareth Davies, the Comptroller and Auditor General, has reported on the 2025-26 accounts of the Department of Health and Social Care.
The C&AG has issued a clean audit opinion, providing assurance to Parliament on DHSC’s 2024-25 financial statements.
In 2024-25 DHSC spent £219.2 billion. Spending is primarily driven by staff costs and clinical supplies and services.
This report looks at how well patients flow through A&E into the wider hospital in England and at the support NHSE provides.
Tackling frailty is key to the long-term health of our ageing population, yet many people are failing to receive a diagnosis or the right care.
Government lacks clarity on the impact of its funding for independent adult hospices as demand rises for palliative and end-of-life care.
This report will examine the planned changes to ICBs, including DHSC’s aims and objectives in restructuring ICBs, and the impact of changes to the size, role and function of ICBs on their capacity, capability and performance.
DHSC spent £191.3 billion in 2023-24. This report provides an introduction to DHSC and our examination of its spending and performance.
This National Audit Office (NAO) report focuses on how the prison and health services are using public funds to tackle drug harms in prisons.
Our report sets out how liabilities for clinical negligence have changed over time, and what is behind those changes.
This study will examine whether the UK’s pandemic preparedness arrangements are likely to work effectively in the early stages of a future pandemic.
The C&AG has released his report on the Department of Health and Social Care accounts for 2023-24.
The NAO has published an update on the New Hospital Programme following government’s decision to reset the programme.
This study will examine how the Department of Health & Social Care and the NHS in England are working to integrate patient data.
Our report looks at how DHSC is responding to the challenges facing adult social care in England, and its progress delivering reforms.
This report will look at the actions that the DHSC, NHS England and the NHS is taking to ensure NHS hospitals are resilient to extreme heat
NHS England’s Elective Care transformation programmes have not yet met all of their goals to support elective care recovery.
The dental recovery plan, launched in February 2024, is unlikely deliver an additional 1.5 million treatments by March 2025.
A new report from the National Audit Office finds that government has made limited progress on combatting antimicrobial resistance.
A review of how NHS Health Checks are provided in England is needed to improve the system for preventing cardiovascular disease.