Policy paper

NHS accountability framework 2019 to 2020

The government’s accountability framework with NHS England and NHS Improvement sets out their objectives and budgets for 2019 to 2020.

From:
Department of Health and Social Care
Published
21 May 2019
Last updated
25 March 2020 — See all updates
This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

The government's revised 2019 to 2020 accountability framework with NHS England and NHS Improvement

PDF, 185 KB, 23 pages

2019 to 2020 revised financial directions to NHS England

PDF, 107 KB, 10 pages

Details

The government’s revised accountability framework with NHS England and NHS Improvement combines the annual statutory mandate to NHS England with its remit for NHS Improvement.

The revised financial directions to NHS England provide further detail on how NHS England’s budget is broken down.

This takes into account the joint working between the 2 organisations to lead the NHS in taking forward its Long Term Plan.

Updates to this page

Published 21 May 2019
Last updated 25 March 2020 + show all updates

  1. Added a revised accountability framework published with updated budget figures, and revised financial directions.

  2. First published.

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