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Health and community care bulletin
The bulletin primarily aims to share information with non-executive health board members and elected members of councils, but it…
Financial position in the NHS good but challenging times lie ahead
An Audit Scotland report, Financial overview of the NHS in Scotland 2007/08, finds that the health service had an overall…
Transport Scotland is managing rail franchise contract effectively
An Audit Scotland report, The First ScotRail passenger rail franchise, looks at how the Scottish Government’s national transport…
NHS has cut diagnostic waiting times; now it needs to ensure services are efficient
The NHS in Scotland has significantly cut patients’ waiting times for diagnostic tests through use of targeted additional…
Councils need to give race equality higher priority
Today’s Accounts Commission report, The impact of the race equality duty on council services, says that all councils have…
Day surgery rate improves but better performance could free up resources
Ten years after the first review of day surgery in Scotland, Audit Scotland has found that the rate of day surgery continues to…
Good quality palliative care is not available to everyone who needs it
Access to good palliative care in Scotland needs to improve and it must be more consistently provided for the thousands of people…
