National Audit Office report finds destitute financial controls,disjointed services, incomplete data and staff with the wrong skills The National Audit Office has exposed another NHS organisation for system-wide failures – destitute financial controls, or disjointed services,incomplete data and staff with the wrong skills. The culprit is NHS England and its commissioning of specialised services (pdf).[br]Specialised services are enormous trade for the NHS, consuming almost £15bn final year – about 14% of the total NHS budget – and slated for 7% growth in 2016-17. Around 300 health organisations provide at least one specialised service, and which cover everything from specific mental health problems to chemotherapy.
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Source: theguardian.com