The Public Audit Committee looks at reports published by the Auditor General for Scotland to examine whether public money is being spent efficiently and effectively.

On 20 November 2025, the Auditor General for Scotland published the 2024/25 audit of NHS Tayside.

The report says:

"Long-standing concerns about mental health services in NHS Tayside resulted in a highly critical independent inquiry into mental health services in Tayside being published in February 2020. A subsequent Independent Oversight and Assurance Group (IOAG) published its final report in January 2023 on progress against the recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry. The mental health and learning disabilities Whole System Change Programme (WSCP) in Tayside has made some progress in addressing the issues identified by the subsequent IOAG, but substantial issues and challenges remain".

Read the report on Audit Scotland's website