Innovation in the NHS: Local Improvement Finance Trusts

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Innovation in the NHS:
Local Improvement Finance Trusts

The National Audit Office scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. The Comptroller and Auditor General, Sir John Bourn, is an Officer of the House of Commons. He is the head of the National Audit Office, which employs some 800 staff. He, and the National Audit Office, 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 saves the taxpayer millions of pounds every year. At least £8 for every £1 spent running the Office.

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Ordered by the
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to be printed on 17 May 2005

This report has been prepared under Section 6 of the National Audit Act 1983 for presentation to the House of Commons in accordance with Section 9 of the Act. 

John Bourn
Comptroller and Auditor General
National Audit Office

15 April 2005  

The National Audit Office study team consisted of:

Louise Yaxley, Jane Squire, Simon Smith, Jason Smith, Christina Petzold, Paul Oliffe, Oliver Lodge and Neil Carey, under the direction of Patricia Leahy

This report can be found on the National Audit Office web site at www.nao.org.uk

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© National Audit Office 2005

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REPORT BY THE COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL | HC 28 Session 2005-2006 | 19 May 2005