The annual reports of the Department of Health and the Chief Medical Officer are listed here. They are public documents and are published for free on this site. The Departmental report is also available in hard copy from the Stationery Office (TSO).
For the annual reports of the Chief Inspector of Social Services to 2004 (when the Chief Inspector's responsibilities passed to the Commission for Social Care Inspection) and those of other bodies, please search the Publications library.
This report provides Parliament and the public with an account of how the DH has spent the resources allocated to it, as well as its future planned spend. It also describes policies and programmes and gives a breakdown of spending within these programmes.
Reports published by the Chief Medical Officer provide an important record of the nation’s health and the major challenges faced by Government in tackling the main problems, and detailed accounts of a wide range of initiatives taken by the Government on public health and in the National Health Service.
NHS Chief Executive David Nicholson's annual report, The Year, looks at the progress made across the NHS each year and the challenges for the year ahead.
Mid-year updates on the progress DH has made towards achieving its Public Service Agreement (PSA) targets
Quarterly look at the NHS finances by David Flory, Director General for NHS Finance, Performance and Operations.
Contact details for obtaining hard-copy DH publications.
Useful tips to ensure you get the most from PDFs and the free Reader program. Topics covered include accessibility, troubleshooting and searching files.
