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Councils have improved how they manage procurement but they can achieve further benefits and savings, says the Accounts Commission.

Councils need to keep an open mind in deciding how to best deliver services.

Councils need to consider a wide range of options when considering what services to provide and how to deliver them.

The number of apprentices in Scotland has increased with more than 25,000 people starting training in each of the last two years, despite a challenging labou

Scotland's programme to improve care for older people has brought together the different bodies involved in services costing £4.5 billion a year.

The NHS and Scottish Government have improved how they manage, monitor and scrutinise waiting lists, in response to recommendations.

Current approaches to managing staff numbers and costs in the public sector are unlikely to achieve the savings needed in the future.

The creation of a single Scottish police service was one of the biggest reforms in Scotland's public sector since devolution.