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Oneplace national overview report
24 February 2010
This report looks at the findings from the first year of Comprehensive Area Assessment (CAA). It is published by the six inspectorates responsible for assessing local public services in England.
Man being interviewed
Nothing but the truth?
A discussion paper
5 November 2009
This paper sets out important issues as the basis for discussion on how to ensure data about local public services is fit for purpose.
Working better together?
Managing local strategic partnerships
21 April 2009
The report identifies LSPs as evolving and maturing, local and national partners still need to recognise the key dynamics that support partnership working.
Is the treatment working?
Progress with the NHS system reform programme
12 June 2008
The report looks at the ambitious programme of market-style reforms that aim to improve efficiency and effectiveness and were first set out in the NHS Plan of 2000.
Information and data quality in the NHS
Key messages from three years of independent review
30 March 2004
This report is intended to help the Commission for Healthcare Audit and Inspection (CHAI), as well as the NHS and the Department of Health, by summarising messages and lessons from all of our work in ...
Operating theatres
Review of national findings
19 June 2003
This review is one of the most comprehensive assessments of NHS operating theatres since the 1989 Bevan report.
Outpatients
Review of national findings
19 June 2003
The NHS provides over 12 million new outpatient appointments each year, as well as around 31 million follow-up appointments.
Bed management
Review of national findings
19 June 2003
The provision of inpatient beds is central to the acute hospital service.
Waiting for elective admission
Review of national findings
19 June 2003
Almost 40 per cent of hospital admissions involve non-emergency patients who have been on a waiting list, mostly for a surgical operation.
Acute hospital portfolio reviews 2003
19 June 2003
The 14 years since the Audit Commission began auditing the NHS have seen much improvement. In some areas, such as the increased use of day surgery, progress has been rapid.
Other reports