Delivering efficiency savings in the NHS

BRIEFING FOR THE
HOUSE OF COMMONS
HEALTH COMMITTEE

SEPTEMBER 2011

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Department of Health

Delivering efficiency savings in the NHS

Our vision is to help the nation spend wisely.

We apply the unique perspective of public audit
to help Parliament and government drive lasting
improvement in public services.

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The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of
Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Amyas Morse, is an Officer
of the House of Commons. He is the head of the NAO, which employs
some 880 staff. He and the NAO are totally independent of government.
He certifies the accounts of all government departments and a wide range
of other public sector bodies; and he has statutory authority to report to
Parliament on the economy, efficiency and effectiveness with which
departments and other bodies have used their resources. Our work led to
savings and other efficiency gains worth more than £1 billion in 2010-11.

This memorandum has been prepared for the Health Committee to support its review. It sets out how the NHS, supported by the Department of Health, plans to deliver efficiency savings of up to £20 billion by 2014-15.

This review was conducted
by Leon Bardot,
Mark Davies, Jemma Dunne,
Maria-Christina Eskioglou and
Dan Ward. This report can be found on the National Audit Office website at www.nao.org.uk

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