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Key organisations are working well together to plan for dealing with emergencies such as severe weather and the current flu pandemic.

Nearly all councils agreed or strongly agreed that the report had made a good impression on them.

Aberdeen City Council has made progress since the publication of largely critical reports in 2008.

The council has made insufficient progress with key improvement priorities.

There was extensive media and political interest in this report.

This report received widespread newspaper, radio and television coverage, as well as a lot of political interest, with the Parliament’s Public Audit Committee p

The report gained extensive publicity and was quoted extensively at a 'Waste Summit' held by the Scottish Government shortly after publication.

The Accounts Commission says that council services have improved, there is positive leadership, good working relationships and a ‘can do’ attitude.