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).
NHS charges and data skewed by definitions of short-stay patients
A new publication by the Audit Commission highlights a major cause of dispute between those who commission NHS services and those who provide them – how to classify a patient who stays in hospital for less than 24 hours. Inconsistency …
Audit Commission announces details of £50 million annual savings for public bodies
The Audit Commission has today announced the reduced scale audit fees it will charge individual councils, health and other public bodies for five years from 2012/13. Nearly 800 of the larger local public bodies in the Commission’s regime will save …
Audit Commissions annual fraud and corruption survey gets underway
The only national survey of fraud and corruption in the public sector begins its annual update today. Over 480 public bodies – including councils, police authorities and probation boards – will be taking part. Covering the 2011/12 financial year, the …