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.
The Better Care Fund has not achieved the expected value for money, in terms of savings, outcomes for patients or hospital activity.
This report examines whether the government is likely to meet its ambitions for children and young people’s mental health services.
This investigation provides an account of how public money was used to increase the number of ventilators available to the NHS.
Report summarising the National Audit Office’s (NAO) investigation into the provision of supported housing in England.
This report examines the effectiveness of the government’s approach to reducing childhood obesity in England.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
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.
The report examines whether the NHS is on track to achieve financial sustainability.
Carillion going into liquidation left two new hospitals unfinished. The projects will now be completed with public finance.
The number of NHS and local government bodies with weaknesses in their arrangements for delivering value for money is increasing.
This investigation builds on our previous work on NHS Property Services Limited and examines the progress the Service has made.
Funding for ongoing health care is a complex and highly sensitive area, which can affect some of the most vulnerable people in society and those that care for them.
This report provides a summary of the UK government’s response to COVID-19 to date.
The NAO has investigated how NHS Shared Business Services handled its backlog of unprocessed clinical correspondence.
This briefing describes the Civil Contingencies Secretariat’s contingency preparations for the UK exiting the EU without a deal.
This report draws on insights from our previous work to set out what effective cross-government working looks like and highlights some of the barriers.
The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides for the new Parliament, one for each government department and a selection of cross-government issues, to assist House of Commons select committees and members of Parliament.
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.
Additional funding, aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures.
The Department of Health now needs to gain a better understanding of the different ways to commission personalised services for users, and how these lead to improvements in user outcomes.