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Chapter 1 - Introduction
Introduces the report and the Department's overarching direction.

Chapter 2 - Delivering Better Public Services
This section outlines the aims and objectives of the Department. We also list the progress against those targets set following the 1998 and the 2000 Spending Reviews. The 2000 Review was also informed by 15 cross-departmental reviews of issues that may benefit from a joint approach involving two or more Government departments. Progress is also shown against these as well as our Modernising Government action plans.

Chapter 3 - Expenditure
Chapter 3 provides information on the Government's expenditure plans up until 2007-08 and includes details of expenditure in 2001-02. Supplementary tables to this chapter can be found in the Annexes.

Chapter 4 - Investment
Investment continues to play a pivotal role in the modernisation of the NHS. The NHS Plan and the Departmental Investment Strategy set out a planned programme of investment in the NHS. This chapter serves to highlight those priorities.

Chapter 5 - The NHS Plan, a Plan for Investment; a Plan for Reform
The NHS Plan set the direction for modernisation and reform. It set out how an NHS fit for the 21st century will be delivered.A summary of the progress to date in achieving those aims is given.

Chapter 6 - Breakdown of Spending Programme
This provides a breakdown of spending across our main programme areas (NHS, Family Health Services and Personal Social Services, etc) as well as providing such breakdowns as spend per head of population and by age profile.

Chapter 7 - Activity, Performance and Efficiency
Chapter 7 is broken down into four main areas: Activity; Performance; Efficiency and Personal Social Services activity, performance and efficiency. It provides such activity data as hospital activity, in-patient and out-patient waiting trends as well as those services provided by General and Personal Medical Services. It also demonstrates how we are making improvements in our performance and efficiency that will enable the effective delivery of services.

Chapter 8 - Managing the Department of Health
This section outlines the running costs, staffing, recruitment policy and senior civil service salaries of the Department as well as describing the environment in which we operate.

Annexes
The Annexes provide a list of the Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), NHS Bodies and Agencies that help the Department discharge its functions. There is also an account of the Department of Health's spend on publicity, advertising and sponsorship. The Annexes also contain tables that are supplementary to other sections in this report.

• Download foreword by the Secretary of State, list of Ministerial responsibilities, summary of contents and Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF, 159K)
• Download Chapter 2 - Delivering Better Public Services - Progress (PDF, 139K)
• Download Chapter 3 - Expenditure Plans (PDF, 89K)
• Download Chapter 4 - Investment (PDF, 80K)
• Download Chapter 5 - The NHS Plan - a Plan for Investment, a Plan for Reform (PDF, 142K)
• Download Chapter 6 - Breakdown of Spending Programme (PDF, 85K)
• Download Chapter 7 - Activity, Performance and Efficiency (PDF, 120K)
• Download Chapter 8 - Managing the Department of Health (PDF, 77K)
• Download annexes, bibliography, list of figures and glossary (PDF, 197K)
• Download full contents (PDF, 87K)
• Download cover (PDF, 162K)
• Departmental report 2002