Press releases and statements
This section contains the Audit Commission’s press releases and statements since April 2012. Earlier information is available on the National Archive website (external link).
Financial reporting praised, but auditors say 1 in 4 NHS trusts under financial stress
NHS bodies gave a strong performance on financial reporting for 2012/13; but the Audit Commission’s auditors voice concern about the financial resilience of a quarter of NHS trusts.
Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework: Report on assuring mental health currencies
Payment by Results Data Assurance Framework: Report on assuring mental health currencies (July 2013), summarises the findings of reviews undertaken at nine mental health trusts and their commissioners between October 2012 and January 2013.
Audit Commission analyses cost of social care for older people in a Value for Money briefing
The Audit Commission has released Social care for older people: Using data from the VFM Profiles, a briefing drawn from its Value for Money (VFM) Profiles. The briefing considers what influences the funding of this service and is aimed at the public and those interested in local government.
Audit Commission’s National Fraud Initiative has future, fighting fraud under Cabinet Office
We are delighted to welcome the official announcement that the National Fraud Initiative will be retained and transferred to the Cabinet Office when the Audit Commission closes in 2015.
The Audit Commission Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13
As well as providing a summary of our business and financial activity for 2012/13, The Audit Commission for Local Authorities and the National Health Service in England: Annual Report and Accounts 2012/13 includes our statutory financial statements for the year including the Statement of Income, the Statement of Comprehensive Income, the Statement of Financial Position, the Statement of Cash Flows, and the Statement of Changes in Taxpayers’ Equity.