Reports

The Accounts Commission's Annual Report for 1998 provides an overview of the financial health and well-being of the health service and local government in...

Residential and nursing home care for older people
The Accounts Commission has worked with 39 homes in the public, private and voluntary sectors to...

Time for Teaching is the first report to appear as the result of co-operation between the Accounts Commission and HM Inspectors of schools. The report says...

The Commission's management paper "Measuring up to the best: A manager's guide to benchmarking published in January 1999 provides a detailed overview of...

Over 30 recommendations to streamline the admission of emergency patients and to ensure that patients do not stay in hospital longer than they need to are...

This report looks into the use of day surgery in acute trusts in Scotland. It reviews progress against national day surgery targets and recommends that the...

In 1997, the Commission introduced a new approach to the audit of management arrangements based on self assessment, action planning and continuous...

Locums help hospitals to cope with temporary staff shortages and unexpected peaks in workload, but they are unlikely to be as effective as permanent staff...