DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24

Public Accounts Committee Closed Inquiry
Opened: 15 Jan 2025 Closed: 17 Jul 2025 Parliament page
In May 2024 , the PAC found that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) had been getting the basics unacceptably wrong in their financial management and accountability for public spending – for the second year running. Its report expressed disappointment that, … Read more
21 Recommendations
13 Conclusions
1 Report
1 Oral session
8 Letters
1 Event
Activity timeline 12 events
15 Dec
2025
Correspondence
8 Dec
2025
Correspondence
17 Nov
2025
Correspondence
18 Sep
2025
Report published
4 Sep
2025
Correspondence
14 May
2025
Report published
8 May
2025
Correspondence
28 Apr
2025
Correspondence
24 Apr
2025
Correspondence
20 Mar
2025
Correspondence
13 Mar
2025
Oral evidence
13 Mar
2025
Formal meeting (oral evidence session) · The Thatcher Room, Portcullis House
Oral evidence sessions 1 session
13 Mar 2025
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Andy Brittain · Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) Julian Kelly · NHS England Professor Dame Jenny Harries · UK Health Security Agency Professor Sir Chris Whitty · Department for Health and Social Care
Title HC No. Published Items Response
25th Report - DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 HC 639 14 May 2025 34 Responded
Recommendations & Conclusions
1 result
Clear
33 Recommendation Accepted in Part
25th Report - DHSC Annual Report a…
NHS England attributes audit delays primarily to local market pressures, not systemic NHS problems.
We asked the Department and NHS England why so many NHS commissioners and NHS providers missed the deadline for completing their financial audits, and what it was doing to ensure that this improved. NHS England recognised that the number of … Read more
Government Response
The government agrees with the recommendation to improve audit timeliness and outlines a multi-year plan to return to pre-recess laying of annual reports. It is working with stakeholders to build capacity and resilience in the local audit market but acknowledges a dependency on private sector audit firms, with further details to be provided by September 2025.
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Government Response AI assessment · 34 of 21 classified
Accepted 19
Accepted in Part 1
Acknowledged 7
Deferred 7
Total 21 recs + 13 conclusions
Correspondence 8 letters
15 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary at the Department for Health and Social Care relating to recommendations of the Committee’s Twenty-fifth Report on DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023–24, 04 December 2025
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8 Dec 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive of NHS England relating to the Committee’s Twenty-fifth Report on DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, 01 December 2025
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17 Nov 2025 To committee Letter from the Permanent Secretary of the Department for Health and Social Care relating to TM25 DHSC Annual Reports and Accounts 23-24, Recommendations 2 and 5, 07 November 2025
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4 Sep 2025 To committee Letter from the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care relating to the DHSC-NHSE Transformation and PAC’s DHSC’s 2023-24 ARA Report recommendations, 04 July 2025
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8 May 2025 To committee Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care relating to the oral evidence session held on 13 March 2025, DHSC ARA 2023-24, follow up on NHS productivity, 29 April 2025
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28 Apr 2025 To committee Letter from the Interim Permanent Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Care relating to the oral evidence session held on 13 March 2025 on DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, 23 April 2025
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24 Apr 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Financial Officer at NHS England relating to the oral evidence session held on 13 March 2025 on DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24, 10 April 2025
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20 Mar 2025 To committee Letter from the Chief Executive of the Independent Healthcare Providers Network relating to the DHSC Annual Report and Accounts 2023-24 inquiry, NHS payment caps, 07 March 2025
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