24 January 2018

Additional funding used to cope with existing pressures - NAO

National Audit Office 19 January 2018
  • According to NAO analysis, additional funding aimed to help the NHS get on a financially sustainable footing, has instead been spent on coping with existing pressures.
  • The NAO has made a number of recommendations to the Department, NHS England and NHS Improvement, which includes moving further and faster towards aligning nationwide incentives, regulation and processes, as well as reassessing how best to allocate the sustainability and transformation funding.