We audit NHS trusts, PCTs and strategic health authorities to review the quality of their financial systems.
We also publish independent reports which highlight risks and good practice to improve the quality of financial management in the health service and encourage continual improvement in public services including in the field of public health and health inequalities.
Working locally
- Delivering robust Auditors' Local Evaluation (ALE) judgements to form part of the Healthcare Commission's annual assessment
- Developing the Trust Practice, creating a greater focus on the needs of trusts, at aspirant and existing FTs
- Agreeing audit approaches and addressing financial management issues
- Supporting PCTs in their approach to commissioning, both at local level and overall coordination
Making a national impact
- Working with central government and key national stakeholders on health issues
- Undertaking research and producing national reports, often in partnership with other regulators, which address areas of greatest risk to audited bodies (especially financial management), identifying good practice tools and encouraging improvement
- Working in partnership with other health and social care regulators to minimise the burden on audited bodies, whilst ensuring risks appropriately addressed
- Delivering audits which will form part of the overall payment by results data assurance framework