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NHS governance must be strengthened
NHS Scotland’s governance arrangements need to be strengthened to deliver the scale of reform needed across the health service.NHS Scotland comprises 22 NHS boards, with oversight… - /news/communities-face-growing-expectation-gap
Communities face growing expectation gap
Mounting pressures from inflation, increasing costs and demand are exceeding the Scottish Government’s additional investment in Scotland’s councils. In 2025/26 councils received… - /news/failures-over-college-climate-project
Failures over college climate project
Forth Valley College has improved its project management arrangements after a series of failings related to a net-zero project.The college received over £1 million of public… - /news/bank-faces-financial-barriers-after-good-start
Bank faces financial barriers after good start
The Scottish National Investment Bank will not be able to end its reliance on public funding unless ministers can make a case for UK Treasury rules to change.The bank was launched… - /news/the-highland-council-must-focus-on-delivering-its-ambitions-for-the-region
The Highland Council must focus on delivering its ambitions for the region
An ambitious plan to improve transport, roads and buildings, as well as a greater shift to using digital to deliver services, has the potential to transform the Highland Council’s… - /news/argyll-bute-council-must-build-on-culture-of-innovation-to-deliver-savings
Argyll & Bute Council must build on culture of innovation to deliver savings
Argyll and Bute Council has a real opportunity to harness a long-standing culture of innovation as it looks to close a funding gap of nearly £29 million, rethink how services are… - /news/gp-plan-failing-to-deliver
GP plan failing to deliver
A Scottish Government agreement with GPs to improve general practice has failed to deliver on several of its commitments.The 2018 General Medical Service (GMS) contract aimed to… - /news/reform-urgently-needed-to-tackle-precarious-health-and-social-care-finances
Reform urgently needed to tackle precarious health and social care finances
Community health and social care finances are increasingly precarious. Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) must urgently work with their partners in the NHS and councils to reform how… - /news/fundamental-review-needed-of-planning-and-resourcing-of-additional-support-for-learning
Fundamental review needed of planning and resourcing of additional support for learning
The Scottish Government and councils must fundamentally rethink how they plan, fund and staff additional support for learning as part of core school education in Scotland.Since… - /news/fife-council-faces-a-turning-point
Fife Council faces a turning point
In recent years Fife Council has been able to deliver services without having to make significant savings. But the council has now reached a turning point.In a new report, the…
