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Scotland's public finances: preparing for the future

Scotland’s public sector is under the greatest financial pressure in the ten years since devolution. The Scottish Government, the Scottish Parliament and the wider public…

Making an Impact: Overview of the Best Value audits 2004-09

This report looks at progress since 2004, when this new type of audit was introduced to assess how well councils meet their Best Value duties to deliver improving services to…

Annual diversity monitoring report 2009

This report provides an analysis of Audit Scotland’s staff profile by ethnicity, age, gender and working patterns over a particular year.

Review of Cairngorm funicular railway

The agency must learn from its experiences to date and must fully assess the risks, review the current performance and develop clear objectives.

The 2008/09 audit of Registers of Scotland

Managing the use of medicines in hospitals - Impact report

This report received moderate media coverage. Following its publication, the Chief Pharmaceutical Officer for Scotland wrote to all National Health Service (NHS) boards asking for…

Diversity and Equality - Consultation event reports 2008-09

These report on outcomes from Disability Equality Involvement consultation events held in conjunction with Capability Scotland.

Drug and alcohol services in Scotland - Impact report 2009

The report received very high levels of media coverage and downloads from Audit Scotland’s website, and a lot of political interest. Shortly after its publication, the…

Review of the new General Medical Services contract - Impact report

The report received significant media coverage. The director of the National Health Service (NHS) gave written evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Public Audit Committee,…

Improving civil contingencies planning

Key organisations are working well together to plan for dealing with emergencies such as severe weather and the current flu pandemic. However there is still more they could do to…