NAO tries to make sense of New Hospitals Programme
The key Tory manifesto promise to build 40 new hospitals by 2030 was always implausible to all but the most … Read more
National Audit Office
Discharging Older Patients from Hospital: an NAO report
The National Audit Office’s key findings in this report are as follows: Rising demand for services, combined with restricted or reduced … Read more
Report exposes NHS England’s failures on managing specialised services
The National Audit Office has exposed another NHS organisation for system-wide failures – poor financial controls, disjointed services, incomplete data … Read more
Report warns of postcode lottery in NHS cancer care
A postcode lottery in cancer care has been revealed in a new report, which found that some patients are almost … Read more
NHS struggling to plug a £22bn funding ‘black hole’, says report
The NHS in England lacks a convincing plan to plug a £22bn “black hole” in funding within five years, according to parliament’s … Read more
Cancer victims face postcode lottery for NHS care
Thousands of cancer patients are dying needlessly every year because of an “unacceptable” postcode lottery of care, MPs warn. A … Read more