Patient access to high cost drugs varies from health board to health board because of differences in their drug prescribing policies. The Commission is...
Early retirement of council employees has become the norm, not the exception. This study of the Local Government Pension Scheme in Scotland has found that...
In 1996/97 health boards and trusts in Scotland planned and delivered £2.8 billion worth of NHS services by means of contracts. This study has identified a...
Councils in Scotland spend around £750 million a year on community care but many don't know what care is provided, whether it is effective or not, or who...
This Bulletin details the findings of the first phase of a study into the way in which health boards carry out their role as commissioners of health...
This study looked at the effectiveness of the arrangements for transferring resources from health boards to local authorities to help pay for additional...
As a follow up to its national report A Safer Place, the Commission has produced a handbook that gives practical guidance to head teachers on how to reduce...
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