Contract areas announced for Audit Practice outsourcing
The Commission has today formally launched the process for outsourcing the work of its Audit Practice. We have issued the Contract Notices for the procurement of audit services for principal bodies and...
View ArticleGovernment's Payment by Results plans are dependent on better data
The NHS needs to improve the quality of its data if the government is to expand its payment by results (PbR) system, the Audit Commission said today.
View ArticleThe UK Border Agency and Audit Commission work together to tackle fraud by...
As part of the National Fraud Initiative (NFI), the Audit Commission is launching a pilot scheme to help UK banks and credit providers identify fraudulent applications by immigration offenders.
View ArticleTwenty nine parish councils rapped for not filing accounts
Twenty nine of England's parish councils have failed to meet their responsibilities because they have not reported how they have used and protected taxpayers' money.
View ArticleCouncils detect £185 million worth of fraud, but new report says this is just...
England's councils have succeeded in detecting £185 million worth of fraud in 2010/11, an improvement of 37 per cent on last year's figure of £135 million.
View ArticleCouncils are coping with reduced funding, at least for now
Most councils are managing well in the face of unprecedented reductions to their income, but services have been affected and a small number of councils may struggle to balance their books, an Audit...
View ArticleStudy shows how integrated care between health and social services can improve
An Audit Commission briefing has found significant differences in the types of care received by people aged 65 and over across the country.
View ArticleDifficult choices to be made as England’s councils prepare for 'inevitable'...
With an annual paybill of almost £30 billion, the 1.6 million people* who work for England's 353 councils are the country's largest workforce, larger even than the NHS.
View ArticleWatchdog gives positive verdict on local government’s move to IFRS
The Audit Commission has found that, although challenging, local government has coped well with the transition to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
View ArticleSuccessful savings programmes are not just about cutting costs - NHS trusts...
The Audit Commission and Monitor, the independent regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, are challenging trusts to review their approaches to delivering cost-saving plans.
View ArticleSomerton Town Council’s failures to follow proper procedures may have...
A public interest report investigates Somerton Town Council's actions during the financial year ended 31 March 2009.
View ArticleImproving accuracy of GP lists saves NHS £6.1 million a year
Millions of pounds have been saved by removing 'ghost patients' from GP lists, following the Audit Commission's latest National Duplicate Registration Initiative (NDRI) exercise.
View ArticleLydney Town Council failed to approve wages and salaries for years
A public interest report into Lydney Town Council's salary authorisation procedures and its clerk's early retirement.
View ArticleAudit Commission will reduce audit fees by 40 per cent
Today the Audit Commission announced the proposed award of five-year audit contracts to four private firms starting from 2012/13 - contracts that will contribute to an up to 40 per cent cut in the...
View ArticleSignificant cuts in audit fees for town and parish councils
The Commission today announces cuts in audit fees for the country’s 9,800 smaller local public bodies – mostly parish and town councils and internal drainage boards.
View ArticleAudit Commission’s 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...
View ArticleAudit Commission announces details of £50 million annual savings for public...
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.
View ArticleNHS charges and data skewed by definitions of short-stay patients
A new Commission publication 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...
View ArticleNational fraud-busting initiative on course to exceed £1 billion payback to...
Since the last report in May 2010 the scheme has identified almost £229 million of fraud, overpayments and errors in England, and £47 million worth in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - a national...
View ArticleAudit Commission appoints Controller of Audit
The Board of the Audit Commission has announced the appointment of Marcine Waterman as Controller of Audit with effect from 1 September 2012.
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