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Local partnerships have a key role in improving local economies

Community planning partnerships need to build on their economic development activity to help meet local needs. Partnerships…

Commission welcomes improvements at Strathclyde Partnership for Transport

The Accounts Commission has considered an update report on an audit investigation of travel expenses and other matters at…

Programme of performance audits for 2012/13 published

Over the summer, we consulted on proposals for our rolling programme of national performance audits. The proposals included a mix…

Telehealth could help the NHS treat patients in new ways and manage rising demands and costs

The National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland should do more to consider telehealth when introducing or redesigning services. It…

Auditor General for Scotland announces retirement

Auditor General for Scotland, Robert Black, announced today that he intends to retire. Mr Black has written to the Presiding…

Better understanding of performance and costs of planning system needed

An Audit Scotland report published today, Modernising the planning system, assesses whether recent reform of the planning system…

Inefficiency in Scotland’s justice system costs time and money

Inefficiency in Scotland's criminal justice system causes delays for everyone involved, including victims and witnesses, and…