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Waste management in Scottish hospitals: A follow-up report
This report says that, whilst progress has been made since 2001, NHS boards and hospitals are still not managing hospital waste as well as they could.
Overview of the local authority audits 2004
Scotland's councils are maintaining good financial controls, but scope remains for improving the work of audit committees and budget monitoring, while the inten
A review of bowel cancer services: An early diagnosis
NHS Scotland provides most bowel cancer patients with treatment in line with clinical standards, but waiting times must be improved and more staff trained to ca
Scottish Prison Service: Correctional opportunities for prisoners
The Scottish Prison Service should assess more closely whether its skills courses and behavioural programmes for prisoners are successful in reducing re-offendi
Corporate management - Performance Indicators 2003/04
These performance indicators show that in 2003/04 Scottish councils improved in a number of key areas.
Overview of the financial performance of the NHS in Scotland 2003/04
The Auditor General, Robert Black, has said there is a need to improve long-term financial planning to help ensure that the large sums of money going into the N
Direction 2004 Local Government Act 1992
The Accounts Commission for Scotland has a duty under the Local Government Act 1992 to direct local authorities to publish certain information on their performa
Maintaining Scotland's roads 2004
This report says that a backlog of road maintenance has been building up for around ten years; 13% of the network (7,000 km) is now in need of repair.