National Audit Office
Local support for people with a learning disability
Good progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 …
Published 3 Mar 2017
Value for Money
Department of Health and Social Care
Topics: Health and social care
Summary
The NAO's wordsGood progress has been made by the Department of Health and NHS England in setting up a programme to close hospital beds for people with a learning disability, but the programme is not yet on track to achieve value for money. The report examines how the NHS in England and local authorities seek to improve the lives of the 129,000 people aged 18 to 64 who use local authority learning disability support services.
Recommendations
No recommendations are indexed here. The report itself may contain some: see the report on nao.org.uk, linked above.
Public Accounts Committee follow-up 1 report
The Public Accounts Committee examined this NAO report and made its own recommendations. The government replies to those in Treasury Minutes.