Publications

The financial position in the NHS continues to improve overall but the service faces challenging times in the near future.

An Audit Scotland report, The First ScotRail passenger rail franchise, looks at how the Scottish Government’s national transport agency, Transport Scot

The Priorities and Risks Framework (PRF) is a tool for auditors to use when planning the audits of local government bodies in Scotland.

The NHS in Scotland has significantly cut patients’ waiting times for diagnostic tests through use of targeted additional government funding and change

All councils have developed policies and processes on race equality. They now need to ensure these have a positive impact on services.

The Priorities and Risks Framework (PRF) for the NHS identifies the current national priorities and risks in the NHS in Scotland.

The rate of day surgery continues to rise but there remains wide variation in performance among health boards.

Access to good palliative care in Scotland needs to improve and it must be more consistently provided for the thousands of people who need it each year.