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This document details our priorities for 2014 and the key projects Audit Scotland will undertake during the year to deliver our corporate plan for 2012-15.

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

A scheme to provide heat and power to homes in Wick has landed The Highland Council with a final bill of £11.5 million.

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.

Charges for council services should be consistent, clear and easily explained to the public.