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  1. NHS Ambulance Services

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    Demand for ambulance services continues to grow rapidly, but services are finding it increasingly difficult to cope with rising demand.

  2. Mental health in prisons

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    Government does not know how many people in prison have a mental illness, how much it is spending on mental health in prisons or whether it is achieving its objectives. It is therefore hard to see how Government can be achieving value for money in its efforts to improve the mental health and well being of prisoners. In 2016 there were 40,161 incidents of self-harm in prisons and 120 self-inflicted deaths.

  3. Managing the supply of NHS clinical staff in England

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    There are shortcomings in how the supply of NHS clinical staff in England is managed, in terms of both planning the future workforce and meeting the current demand for staff.

  4. Briefing for Health Select Committee

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    In March 2021, the C&AG submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee inquiry into the Department of Health & Social Care’s White Paper, ‘Integration and Innovation: working together to improve health and social care’. This drew on the National Audit Office’s past body of work to highlight the main risks and opportunities the White Paper presents, both in terms of effective implementation of the proposed reforms and in terms of making progress towards overarching health and social care policy aims.

  5. Stocktake of access to general practice in England

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    Patient satisfaction with access to general practice remains high but is declining. Better data is needed so that decisions about general practice are well-informed.

  8. Confirmed impacts: Helping to improve accountability in the health system

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    This impacts case study shows how our frequent highlighting of the need for consistent and reliable data and clearer accountability has improved reporting and data assurance in the health system.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  9. Confirmed impacts: Driving improvements in NHS stroke care

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    This impacts case study shows how our work prompted a national strategy for stroke care and NHS adoption of clinical best practice more widely, leading to considerable cost reductions.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  10. Auditing the government’s response to COVID-19

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    I last posted to this blog in late April as the country was in the teeth of the COVID-19 pandemic, explaining how we were maintaining our operations and adjusting our work programme in the light of the government response to the virus. Now, in late July, most of the UK is gradually emerging from lockdown […]

  11. Investigation into the Cancer Drugs Fund

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    The Cancer Drugs Fund has improved access to cancer drugs not routinely available on the NHS, but all parties agree it is not sustainable in its current form.

  14. A Short Guide to the Department of Health

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    The NAO is publishing a suite of short guides, one for each government department, to assist House of Commons Select Committees.

  15. Financial sustainability of local authorities data visualisation raw data

    The files below are the raw data that powers our data visualisation tool. We have provided these .csv format files as an accessible alternative for those who are unable to make use of the data visualisation. Please download and analyse in your preferred assistive technology. 1. Dashboard 1 Figure 1.1: Spending power and its components […]

  16. Adult social care in England: overview

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    The provision of adequate adult social care poses a significant public service challenge. Demand for care is rising while public spending is falling.

  17. Confirmed impacts: Improving the procurement of consumables by NHS trusts

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    This impacts case study shows how our work motivated the Department for Health to develop a tool and coding system that standarised and reduced consumables procurement costs in the NHS.

    It is one example of financial or non-financial benefits realised in 2014 as a result of our involvement, all of which are set out in our interactive PDF.

  19. Modelling of maternity services in England

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    This series of papers summarises the methodological approaches we have taken in carrying out innovative or novel analysis. Such analysis is conducted under our statutory authority to examine and report to Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which government departments and other bodies have used their resources.

    The Audit insights papers are methodological summaries and do not make new observations about value for money.