Source · Select Committees · Public Accounts Committee
Recommendation 25
25
Accepted
Annual Report and Accounts lacks analysis of Department’s progress in improving productivity.
Recommendation
The Department’s Annual Report and Accounts also does not contain analysis of the Department’s progress in improving productivity and efficiency. We asked, given the importance of productivity to ensuring that NHS expenditure was sustainable, if it would pay more attention to this in future. The Department told us that productivity was “absolutely one of the top priorities” as part of the 10–year plan and the spending review, and committed to addressing this issue.41
Government Response Summary
The government commits to improving its 2024-25 Annual Report and Accounts to include analysis of the Department's progress in improving productivity and efficiency, and will provide an update to the Committee by September 2025.
Government Response
Accepted
HM Government
Accepted
2.1 The government agrees with the Committee’s recommendations. Target implementation date: September 2025 2.2 The department is committed to the continuous improvement of its Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) to ensure the content is as transparent and informative as possible, both in the specific areas to which the Committee refers and in other emerging areas of public and parliamentary interest. 2.3 The department plans to cover the areas listed in recommendations 2a and 2b in its 2024-25 ARA. The department will update the Committee on progress alongside its update to the Committee on recommendation 5 in September.