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Health board commissioning: contracts and contracting - Bulletin 2

In 1996/97 health boards and trusts in Scotland planned and delivered £2.8 billion worth of NHS services by means of contracts.

The Commissioning maze - Commissioning community care services

Councils in Scotland spend around £750 million a year on community care but many don't know what care is provided, whether it is effective or not, or who should

Health board commissioning: contracts and contracting - Bulletin 1

This Bulletin details the findings of the first phase of a study into the way in which health boards carry out their role as commissioners of health services.

Shifting the balance - Resource transfer for community care

This study looked at the effectiveness of the arrangements for transferring resources from health boards to local authorities to help pay for additional service

Managing property risks in schools - A handbook for Head Teachers

As a follow up to its national report A Safer Place, the Commission has produced a handbook that gives practical guidance to head teachers on how to reduce p

A safer place - Property risk management in schools

This study of school property-related risks was carried out to assist and encourage the new councils in Scotland to develop effective risk-management arrangemen

All above board? - Corporate governance in the NHS

Although the Commission concludes that most NHS trusts and health boards are responding positively to the principles of corporate governance, differences were f