Financial sustainability of local authorities 2014
Published on:Local authorities have worked hard to manage reductions in government funding, but the DCLG needs to be better informed about the situation across England.
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Department of Health – Young people’s sexual health: the National Chlamydia Screening Programme
Published on:The delivery of the Government’s programme to control chlamydia infection in young people to date has not demonstrated value for money, a report by the National Audit Office found today. The Department of Health implemented the Programme in three phases. In 2008-09, six years after the Programme’s launch, testing levels were only just beginning to […]
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Prescribing savings in 2008
Published on:In 2007 the National Audit Office reported that primary care trusts (PCTs) could save more than £200 million a year without compromising patient care if GPs prescribed cheaper, generic medicines. Keele University has now confirmed the NAO’s finding by calculating that almost £400 million has been saved by the Department of Health, the NHS and […]
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Contracted-out health and disability assessments
Published on:The Department for Work and Pensions has not yet achieved value for money in managing contracted-out health and disability assessments.
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English devolution deals
Published on:Devolution deals to devolve power from central government to local areas in England offer opportunities to stimulate economic growth and reform public services for local users, but the arrangements are untested and government could do more to provide confidence that these deals will achieve the benefits intended
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Children in need of help or protection
Published on:The Department for Education recognised since 2010 that child protection services are not good enough but its subsequent response has not yet resulted in better outcomes. Spending on children’s social work, including on child protection, varies widely across England and is not related to quality. Neither the DfE nor authorities understand why spending varies.
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Health Focus Spring 2009
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NHS Pay Modernisation in England: Agenda for Change
Published on:According to a National Audit Office report, the NHS has successfully transferred 1.1 million NHS employees on to a new simplified pay system. Given the scale of the NHS this was a substantial task which the NHS, in partnership with the trade unions, achieved in a short timescale. There are some examples of NHS trusts […]
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Support for vulnerable adolescents
Published on:This study examines whether government understands what is needed to effectively identify and support vulnerable adolescents who are at risk of avoidable adverse outcomes, and who may need costly government interventions if their needs are not addressed.
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Department of Health: Progress in improving stroke care
Published on:The Department of Health’s strategy for stroke care has increased the priority and awareness of the condition and started to improve patients’ care and outcomes, concludes a report by the National Audit Office published today. Actions taken since 2006 have improved the value for money of stroke care; but improvements have not been universal and […]
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Readying the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19
Published on:This report sets out the facts about government preparing the NHS and adult social care in England for COVID-19.
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Services for people with rheumatoid arthritis
Published on:Too many people with rheumatoid arthritis are not being diagnosed or treated quickly enough, and some services for people with the disease are not coordinated enough, according to a report published today by the National Audit Office. Delay in treatment is detrimental to patients’ health, their quality of life and, with three quarters of people […]
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Improving dementia services in England – an interim report
Published on:The Department of Health has developed an ambitious and comprehensive strategy for dementia. However, there has not yet been a robust approach to implementation, according to a National Audit Office report published today. Despite the Department stating, since 2007, that dementia is now a national priority, it has not been given the levers or urgency […]
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The National Programme for IT in the NHS: an update on the delivery of detailed care records systems
Published on:The rate at which electronic care records systems are being put in place across the NHS under the National Programme for IT is falling far below expectations and the core aim that every patient should have an electronic care record under the Programme will not now be achieved.
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Financial Management in the NHS: Report on the NHS Summarised Accounts 2007-08
Published on:The NHS reported a surplus of £1.67 billion in 2007-08. According to a report jointly prepared by the Audit Commission and the National Audit Office and published today, the surplus achieved reflected good use of resources rather than a failure to deliver healthcare. The Department of Health (DH) has given a commitment that the NHS […]
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Investigation into the management of PPE contracts
Published on:This investigation examines DHSC’s performance in managing PPE contracts. It is a factual account of what has happened since November 2020.
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End of life care
Published on:Each year around half a million people die in England, three quarters of whom do so following a period of chronic illness, such as cancer or heart disease. A report out today by the National Audit Office found that some people approaching the end of their life receive a high quality service, but that there […]
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Reducing Healthcare Associated Infections in Hospitals in England
Published on:The Department of Health has met its target to reduce MRSA bloodstream infections by 50 per cent by 2008 and has made encouraging progress towards its target to reduce Clostridium difficile infections, according to a National Audit Office report published today. However, blood stream infections due to other causes may be increasing. There is also […]
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Investigation into the government’s contracts with Randox Laboratories Ltd
Published on:This report is a detailed review of government contracts let to Randox between January 2020 and December 2021.
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Reducing Alcohol Harm: Health services in England for alcohol misuse
Published on:Alcohol-related ill-health is an increasing burden for the National Health Service. Alcohol misuse costs the health service in the order of £2.7 billion a year, but efforts to address it locally are not in general well-planned, the National Audit Office reported today. The Department of Health is however raising the profile of alcohol misuse by […]