Departmental Overview: Department of Health and Social Care 2017-18
Published on:This Overview summarises the Department’s responsibilities on how it spends its money and its key developments of work.
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The adult social care workforce in England
Published on:The Department of Health & Social Care’s role in overseeing the adult social care workforce.
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Investigation into preparations for potential COVID-19 vaccines
Published on:This report examines government’s progress in securing potential vaccines and determining how they will be deployed to the public.
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Test and trace in England – progress update
Published on:This is the second NAO report on government’s approach to test and trace services in England.
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Support for children and young people with special educational needs
Autumn 2024Background Education, training and employment outcomes are consistently poorer for children and young people with special education needs and disabilities (SEND) than for their peers. In 2023-24, 18% of pupils in all schools (1.7 million) were identified with SEND. This includes those with high needs who have formal education, health and care plans (EHCP), who […]
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NHS Blood and Transplant Annual Report and Accounts 2018-19
Published on:The C&AG has report on the 2018-19 accounts of NHS Blood and Transplant.
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NHS waiting times for elective and cancer treatment
Published on:This report examines waiting time standards for elective and cancer treatment and factors associated with performance in meeting these standards.
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Auditing government’s pandemic response
Published on:Like governments around the world, ours has committed unprecedented amounts of public money to the fight against coronavirus. By the end of 2020, this reached £271 billion in the UK and will continue to increase. As the UK’s independent public spending watchdog, the National Audit Office has been tracking the Government’s pandemic spending commitments, reporting […]
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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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Immigration: Skilled Worker visas
Spring 2025We will look at the Home Office’s approach to processing Skilled Worker visa applications and how it ensures compliance with visa requirements.
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Childhood obesity data visualisation
Published on:Last updated – 01 February 2021 About this tool Childhood obesity is a worsening problem which successive governments have attempted to address. The childhood obesity data visualisation is an exploratory tool. It should enable users to identify avenues for local exploration, including potentially similar local areas to explore over time. This interactive data visualisation supports the National Audit Office report on Childhood Obesity which was published in September 2020. The data we present […]
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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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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.
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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.
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Care Quality Commission regulating health and social care
Published on:Although the Commission has improved as an organisation, it needs to overcome some persistent issues with the timeliness of some of its regulation activities if it is to sustain further improvement.
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Investigation into NHS spending on generic medicines in primary care
Published on: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.
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The government’s approach to test and trace in England – interim report
Published on:This interim report provides an overview of test and trace services for addressing COVID-19 in England.
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NHS financial management and sustainability 2020
Published on:This is our eighth report on the financial sustainability of the
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Investigation into penalty charge notices in healthcare
Published on:This investigation sets out facts about penalty charge notices and how the NHS supports vulnerable people to navigate the system.
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Health and social care integration
Published on:The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.