Many of you have asked us: "Where did the #taxpayers' £££BILLIONS 💷💷💷 allocated #TestandTrace go?" Well today at *330pm* we're asking Department of Health and Social Care & UK Health Security Agency exactly that, as well as about the £14.9 BN💷 we already know was lost to unusable #PPE, #vaccines & anti-virals

The #HS2 Euston station is unaffordable, and HS2 Ltd and Department for Transport need to look again at the design. Our report urges the Government to put the project on a more realistic and stable footing. Read our report 🚆 orlo.uk/U4ODD

Latest National Audit Office report on #HS2 ⤵️

Our report out today on Tackling fraud and corruption against government finds that most public bodies do not know how much fraud they face and cannot demonstrate that they have the correct level of counter-fraud resources. Report: orlo.uk/umIN4 🧵1/10

Our latest National Audit Office report reviews how well-placed government is to understand and tackle #fraud and corruption across government and sets out insights from our work ⤵️

View of Durham Cathedral towering above the River Wear in the early evening sunshine in #Durham City today

Despite increased spending and staff numbers, NHS productivity has fallen since the COVID-19 pandemic began. For all A&E departments, the NHS last met its target of 95% of patients processed within four hours in July 2015. Find out more 🚨 orlo.uk/Pu4R8

Emergency care services in England face a growing challenge, with increasing demand & record hospital bed occupancy. Read the latest National Audit Office report ⤵️ #NHS #health

Mike Newbury, our director for local audit code and guidance, has written a piece for The Municipal Journal on the state of local audit - and how all organisations involved need to work together urgently to put things right as quickly as possible.

Our work helps government make practical changes which lead to better outcomes. 94% of MPs say we are effective at supporting Parliament to hold government to account. Read more about our impact in our latest annual report: orlo.uk/cMI1M

Good to meet fellow finance professionals and celebrate success at tonight’s North East Accountancy Awards 2023 #NEAA2023 #Newcastle

Today marks 39 years since the roof of the South Transept suffered almost total devastation in 1984 when a lightning bolt struck sparking a fire. Our historic Rose Window cracked into 40,000 fragments due to the heat. Do you remember the fire? Let us know in the comments 👇

Delays mean the New Hospital Programme will deliver 32 new hospitals by 2030, not 40 as the government announced in 2020. The other 8 will follow after 2030. Report director @TSJPhillips discusses our key findings on this programme 👇 Read the report: nao.org.uk/reports/progre…

Tonight at the ICAEW NorSCA Business and Awards Dinner in #Newcastle with celebrated guest speaker local author Ann Cleeves #ICAEW #NorSCADinner

Our upcoming reports cover water sector regulation, NHS dentistry, outcomes for children in family courts, Skilled Worker visas and more. Take a look at what we’re reporting on in the coming months. 📅⏬ nao.org.uk/page/2/?post_t…

Our work saves public money. Through our work looking into the value for money of government spending we make recommendations. This is at the heart of what we do. Read about our impact in our just published annual report and accounts. nao.org.uk/corporate-info…

We have distilled the most important messages from our work on value for money and brought them together in a new report for the new Parliament, 'Making public money work harder'. nao.org.uk/insights/makin…

Government and the regulators have failed to drive sufficient investment in the water sector. Unprecedented investment is now needed to urgently address low consumer trust, and poor environmental and financial performance. Read our report here: nao.org.uk/reports/regula…