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).
More organisations are struggling financially within a generally healthy NHS, says report
NHS finances are healthy overall, but a growing number of organisations are in deficit, a new Audit Commission report says today. NHS financial year 2011/12, finds that primary care trusts (PCTs), strategic health authorities and NHS trusts reported a combined …
Audit Commission Chairman welcomes his successor
The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has today confirmed the appointment of Jeremy Newman as Chairman of the Audit Commission from next month. Current Chairman Michael O’Higgins says: ‘I warmly welcome Jeremy Newman to the Chairmanship. The …
Smaller Commission is returning to its regulatory roots says new Controller of Audit
The Audit Commission is returning to its roots, becoming once again the public audit regulator it was always intended to be, says Marcine Waterman as she takes up the post of Controller of Audit. Marcine will now oversee the continued …
NHS data accuracy is getting better, but there is still room for improvement
The Audit Commission has found that the quality of data being used by the health service’s Payment by Results (PbR) system has improved since it reviewed all NHS acute trusts last year. It has also noted a gradual improvement in …
Councils could release over £300 million to frontline social care by spending less on assessments and reviews
Councils could release over £300 million to spend on direct care for older people, if they reduced their expenditure on social care assessments and reviews to that of the most efficient councils. That sum would fund annual home care packages …