Audit Commission Archives

30 August 2012

Clinical commissioning groups should improve the quality of data used for payments to NHS hospitals by making regular audits and

23 April 2012

The Audit Commission has criticised existing NHS datasets for failing to reflect what is happening to patients.

1 March 2012

More than 95,000 “ghost patients” have been removed from GP lists with the help of a new web application.

16 May 2011

Commissioners have made little or no progress in calculating the cost of care pathways over the past decade, accountancy experts

4 February 2011

Significant variations in the way the Quality and Outcomes Framework is managed mean patients and taxpayers may be losing out,

27 August 2010

The Audit Commission has called for “co-ordinated effort” by Royal Colleges, NHS organisations and regulators to improve record keeping in

18 February 2010

Local authorities are ill-prepared to cope with the demands of an ageing population and must look to telecare as one

5 February 2010

Too many trusts are using the Information Governance Toolkit return as a tick-box exercise rather than as a means to ensure

21 October 2009

Over the moon, gobsmacked, delighted - just some of the reactions from the winners of the E-Health Insider Awards 2009

4 September 2009

The incidence of reported drug errors leading to avoidable deaths and patient harm is on the increase, according to a

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