• Medicines management needs a higher profile in health bodies
    Health bodies in Wales are working together well to improve the way medicines are prescribed and managed, but it needs a higher profile.
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  • Many operating theatres in Wales are not being used efficiently
    The Auditor General has released his latest report today on Operating Theatres, and concluded that there is ‘considerable scope to improve
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  • Health boards need to strengthen their arrangements for managing the impact of private practice on the NHS
    In a report published today, the Auditor General for Wales has concluded that while private practice represents a very small level of activity when
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  • The Welsh public sector needs to shift its focus to maintain the independence of older people
    The leadership and strategies of Councils in Wales are failing to always recognise the important role that non health and social care servi
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  • Orthopaedic services are more efficient and waits are shorter than a decade ago
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  • Auditor General flags good practice on Elective Waiting Times
    The Auditor General is delighted to release three new products today aimed at helping the NHS in Wales to improve the way it manages elective c
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  • Follow-up report highlights ongoing issues with retrospective claims for Continuing NHS Healthcare
    There has been a positive response from the Welsh Government to many of the issues raised and recommendations previously made by the Audito
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  • Many patients face long waits for NHS treatment in Wales
    Our new report NHS Waiting Times for Elective Care in Wales highlights that NHS Wales' current approach "do
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  • Welsh NHS breaks even in 2013-14 with mixed performance against service targets
    NHS Wales broke even in 2013-14, despite three health boards being over spent, according to a report released today by the Auditor General
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  • Fundamental challenges remain for Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board says joint report into governance and management arrangements
    The report, a joint piece of work between Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW) and the Wales Audit Office (WAO), provides a progress report on the c
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  • Auditor General qualifies accounts of three NHS bodies in Wales
    And, for the first time since NHS re-organisation in 2009-10, he has qualified his opinions on the accounts of 3 Health Boards for breaching their
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  • Patients and relatives asked for their experiences of NHS Waiting Times
    Patients and relatives are being asked to share their experiences of waiting for planned operations.
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  • Chronic conditions services improve but more needs to be done
    The report published today focuses on the progress which has been made on improving chronic conditions services in Wales since the publication of a
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  • Escalation and intervention arrangements in the NHS
    A document has been publish
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  • Good governance and well-managed risk taking
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