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We are also having to think about the possibility of things such as longer accounting periods. Audit Scotland could not put that in place, but it is possible that the statutory frameworks could be flexed to allow bodies to account for two years rather than one, and we could come back to the accounts next year.
His conclusion is that there should be a national care service that should be directly accountable to ministers, who should be directly accountable for it.
Our board is absolutely supportive of our continuing to give that focus to remote and rural communities. We account manage a set of communities in the way that we would account manage businesses.
We need to have clear decision making and accountability, and the people who are taking leadership of the screen unit need to be able to take decisions, make deals and be accountable for that.