The former finance director for East Laurinburg improperly spent more than $11,000 on things like her home utility bills, with some assistance from her mother, according to a state audit released ...

Cartwright will assume the responsibility on 1 October 2026, succeeding Colin Crosby in the role.

THE SNP has come under fire after it was revealed taxpayers have been burdened with tens of billions of pounds of private finance contracts. A report by Audit Scotland outlined the costs of ...

Seven health boards received £230m in bailout loans from the Scottish government last year, despite record levels of NHS funding. The figures were revealed in the annual review of the NHS by spending ...

Scotland’s public spending watchdog has warned in a report that the country needs stronger leadership if it is to further the digitisation of public services. According to the report, Enabling digital ...

NHS Scotland spent £440m last year on beds for patients who were unable to get out of hospital despite being ready to be discharged, according to public spending watchdogs. The report from the Audit ...

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Councillors have welcomed an Audit Scotland that has highlighted East Ayrshire Council’s efforts to tackle delayed discharges. A national report, released by Audit Scotland, focused on some of the ...

Audit Scotland found patients who were medically ready to be discharged spent 720,119 “unnecessary” days in hospital in 2024/25. More than one in nine of Scotland’s hospital beds were found to be ...