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We audit NHS trusts, health boards and social care providers, reviewing how they manage their finances and whether their services are run as effectively and efficiently as possible, representing value for money.

We publish independent reports, make recommendations for improvement, and highlight examples of good practice to promote better health services for citizens.

We often work jointly with Healthcare Inspectorate Wales, Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) and other audit and inspectorate bodies.

To build on the collaboration that already exists, we have also signed up to a concordat with other health and social care review bodies in Wales.

Click here for the Concordat and here for the accompanying letter.


Publications and news

Unscheduled care system too disjointed for the future
15/12/2009

Urgent improvements needed in mental health services for children and young people in Wales
24/11/2009

NHS Direct Wales needs to be better integrated into healthcare system
15/09/2009

Maternity care mainly appropriate but unacceptable differences across Wales
19/06/2009

Learning from joint reviews in Wales: key success factors highlighted
16/06/2009

Action needed to sustain improvements in delayed transfers of care
13/05/2009

Improvements needed in A&E patient handovers
23/04/2009

Caerphilly social services making consistent improvements
26/03/2009

48-hour week rule for junior doctors ‘unlikely to be met in full’
19/03/2009

Newport Social Services improving
17/03/2009

Auditor General updates Assembly Committee on ambulance progress
06/03/2009

NHS taking steps to protect staff from violence and aggression
18/02/2009

NHS trusts ‘reap benefits’ by reducing sickness absence rates
28/01/2009

Better planning needed for chronic conditions services
04/12/2008

NHS Finances in Wales
18/09/2008

Home Oxygen Therapy Services in Wales
24/07/2008

Wales ambulance service is improving, but challenges remain
24/06/2008

Make infection prevention and control ‘everybody’s business’
08/11/2007

Delays in hospital ‘compromise patients’ independence’
01/11/2007

New GPs’ contract in Wales ‘brings some benefits to patients’
23/08/2007

Assembly and NHS Finances ‘well managed’
27/06/2007

Longstanding problems ‘can be resolved over time’
04/12/2006

Wales Must Improve Day Surgery Rates
07/09/2006

Central Government and NHS Bodies in Wales
29/06/2006

NHS Finances In Wales
12/04/2006

'Sharpen up on Energy Management'
15/12/2005

Adult Mental Health Services in Wales
10/10/2005

Protecting NHS Trust staff from violence and aggression
22/09/2005

Contract for the Cardiff out-of-hours GP service
24/08/2005

The General Report of the Auditor General for Wales 2005
30/06/2005

AGW Report on the Finances of the NHS in Wales
31/03/2005

Other links

Occupational health

Managing sickness absence

Wales Audit Office
24 Cathedral Road
Cardiff
CF11 9LJ

Tel: 029 2032 0500
Fax: 029 2032 0600
Email: info@wao.gov.uk

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