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    Central government in Scotland should manage its use of consultants better

    Scotland’s central government bodies spend an estimated £114 million a year on consultancy services. With better planning and management, the public sector could get better value…
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    Some improvements at Argyll & Bute Council but insufficient progress overall

    The Accounts Commission's findings say that the council still has much to do and must increase its pace of change to establish Best Value for local people. The report follows the…
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    Scotland’s public sector must use energy more efficiently

    Tackling climate change and making the best use of resources require the efficient use of energy. The public sector in Scotland has made some progress in using energy more…
  4. /news/financial-position-in-the-nhs-good-but-challenging-times-lie-ahead

    Financial position in the NHS good but challenging times lie ahead

    An Audit Scotland report, Financial overview of the NHS in Scotland 2007/08, finds that the health service had an overall underspend of £26 million on its £10.1billion budget for…
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    Transport Scotland is managing rail franchise contract effectively

    An Audit Scotland report, The First ScotRail passenger rail franchise, looks at how the Scottish Government’s national transport agency, Transport Scotland, is managing the rail…
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    NHS has cut diagnostic waiting times; now it needs to ensure services are efficient

    The NHS in Scotland has significantly cut patients’ waiting times for diagnostic tests through use of targeted additional government funding and changes to how it manages and…
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    Councils need to give race equality higher priority

    Today’s Accounts Commission report, The impact of the race equality duty on council services, says that all councils have developed policies and processes on race equality. They…
  8. /news/day-surgery-rate-improves-but-better-performance-could-free-up-resources

    Day surgery rate improves but better performance could free up resources

    Ten years after the first review of day surgery in Scotland, Audit Scotland has found that the rate of day surgery continues to rise but there remains wide variation in…
  9. /news/good-quality-palliative-care-is-not-available-to-everyone-who-needs-it

    Good quality palliative care is not available to everyone who needs it

    Access to good palliative care in Scotland needs to improve and it must be more consistently provided for the thousands of people who need it each year. An Audit Scotland report…
  10. /news/perth-kinross-is-committed-to-best-value-and-now-needs-to-build-on-its-good-work

    Perth & Kinross is committed to best value and now needs to build on its good work

    In its first report on Best Value at Perth…