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Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of Scottish Canals”
Meeting date: 24 March 2022
Colin Beattie
I was close. How does that happen?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “NHS in Scotland 2021”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
An optimistic auditor? Hmm.
Does Audit Scotland have any input into the process? Historically, you have produced reports and given recommendations, but are they being taken into account? The issue of the implementation of recommendations has come before the committee many times.
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
[Inaudible.]—correctly. Obviously, there are costs. That is mitigated to a certain extent by SEPA accelerating the delivery of its digital strategy. I presume that that is within your budget in any case. I am not putting words in your mouth, but the impact on your budget should therefore be much less financially.
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “NHS in Scotland 2021”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
The obvious question is about the extent to which the strategy will improve the collection and sharing of health and social care data. I know that that is a bit of speculation at this point but, as the Auditor General mentioned, there are clear gaps. Are we satisfied that the strategy will cover all that?
Public Audit Committee
Section 23 Report: “NHS in Scotland 2021”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
I would like to cover a couple of areas, neither of which will necessarily come as much of a surprise. The first is leadership. The quality of leadership in the public sector has been discussed and debated in the committee for many years. It is vital that the right people are in the right place. An initiative that has been put in place is the Project Lift leadership development programme. What has the impact of that been on the development and retention of leadership in the NHS?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
Clearly there is still some distance to go with recovering data and so on. Do we have any feel for how much data has still to be recovered? How many systems need to be re-established or developed as a workaround?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
None of the data has been decrypted. Do we have resources that are capable of doing that, or is it simply too difficult?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
Continuing on the same line, are there any services or projects that you are unable to provide or deliver at the moment?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
Have any projects been seriously impacted—either delayed or put on the back burner—as a result of the attack?
Public Audit Committee
Section 22 Report: “The 2020/21 audit of the Scottish Environment Protection Agency”
Meeting date: 17 March 2022
Colin Beattie
Are there any other services that have been impacted?
