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The national studies in this section are concerning financial management issues.
 
 
Audit Commission and Monitor guide: Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes
19 January 2012
The Audit Commission and Monitor have jointly published a guide called ‘Delivering sustainable cost improvement programmes’ aimed at acute, ambulance, mental health and specialist NHS trusts and ...
NHS quality accounts 2010/11
Providing external assurance: Findings from auditors' work at NHS trusts and foundation trusts
5 January 2012
The Commission has published a briefing summarising the findings from its appointed auditors' reviews of quality accounts at 91 NHS acute and mental health trusts.
NHS Financial Year 2010/11
A summary of auditors' work
11 August 2011
The recently launched 'NHS Financial Year 2010/11: A summary of auditors' work' provides a view of the overall financial performance of the NHS in 2010/11
Costing care pathways: Understanding the cost of the diabetes care pathway
A health briefing
16 May 2011
This briefing finds that care pathways are altered, and commissioning decisions made, with the intention of benefitting patients, but often without fully understanding the cost implications.
More for less 2009/10
Are efficiency and productivity improving in the NHS?
21 April 2011
The latest More for Less analytic update looks at tariff income. It confirms the level of growth identified in More for Less 2009/10 wasn't the result of a disproportionate rise in activity or costs.
Reducing expenditure on low clinical value treatments
A health briefing
14 April 2011
This health briefing suggests that the NHS could save up to £500 million a year by carrying out fewer ineffective or inefficient treatments.
Managing sickness absence in the NHS
A health briefing
10 February 2011
This briefing examines the local variation and cost of sickness absence to primary care trusts, NHS trusts and foundation trusts. It sets out where organisations can find more help and advice in ...
Paying GPs to improve quality
Auditing payments under the Quality and Outcomes Framework
3 February 2011
This briefing examines how well primary care trusts oversee the Quality and Outcomes Framework, which incentivises GPs to improve their services to patients.
Auditors' Local Evaluation and Use of Resources 2009/10
Summary results for NHS trusts and primary care trusts
14 October 2010
Our annual assessment of how NHS trusts and primary care trusts manage their resources and deliver value for money reveals that, for the fifth year in a row, the great majority are doing well.
medical staff
Making the most of frontline staff in the NHS
25 June 2010
Making better use of doctors and nurses in the NHS has the potential to make significant savings, provided that trusts understand the reasons for existing staffing variations on their wards.
Financial management reports
All 33 national studies in 'Financial management reports'