Health sector national reports 2010/11

2 September 2010 for the Auditor General / Accounts Commission

Residential child care services should be managed better to help children and young people achieve their full potential. Councils also need a better understanding of the costs involved, so they can consider how their services provide value for money and possible efficiencies.

12 August 2010 for the Auditor General

An Audit Scotland report, Emergency departments, says patient satisfaction with emergency care services is high, and four out of five patients we surveyed said the care they received was excellent or very good.

21 June 2010 for Audit Scotland

The bulletin primarily aims to share information with non-executive health
board members and elected members of councils, but it also provides a
summary of our work that we hope will be of interest to staff working in

health and community care services.

17 June 2010 for the Auditor General

The NHS in Scotland could save almost 15 per cent of the money it spends on locum doctors in hospitals – or about £6 million a year - through better planning and procurement.