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Department of Health: Departmental Report 2008

This report, the Department of Health’s eighteenth annual report, plays a key role in the Department’s accountability to Parliament for its management of the public money invested in health and social care.

It provides a comprehensive overview of spending and investment programmes and of the system reforms accompanying this investment. It focuses on the continuous improvements being delivered for people using health and social care services and on the Department’s progress against its Public Service Agreements (PSAs).

The report also sets out the Department’s plans for future years. In particular, this focuses on activities and improvements planned for 2008-09. The October 2007 Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR 2007) set the future financial context for health and social care.

This report was produced and published under the reporting framework issued by HM Treasury.

Printed copies are available from The Stationery Office.

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