I’m a patient, get me out of here

No

The Wellbeing of Future Generations Act and the Social Services and Wellbeing Acts both require public services to work together in order to deliver better services for the people of Wales. Whilst the requirements of these acts are relatively new, there are already organisations who are working together to deliver services in new and different ways. 

Countdown to fiscal devolution ‘going well’ despite some challenges

No

On the 1 April 2018 Wales will be given its first devolved tax powers in over 800 years. We originally released a report in 2016 on the way in which the Welsh Government was preparing for this change and our latest report asks how far they have moved on and how the establishment of the Welsh Revenue Authority (WRA) has gone.

We concluded that the Welsh Government and WRA have made important progress in most areas but are now in a critical phase to deliver key projects in the few remaining months to April 2018.

Financial accounts in central and local government ‘prepared to a good standard’

No

His first report focuses on Central Government bodies in Wales. It concludes that the standard of central government accounts and supporting working papers are good and all bodies submitted their accounts on time. However, there remains scope to improve quality assurance arrangements in some instances. Having robust quality assurance processes in place plays an important part in determining the quality of accounts submitted to audit. The report highlights examples of what good quality assurance looks like.

Memorandum of Understanding signed between the Auditor General for Wales and Future Generations Commissioner

No

The MoU provides a basis for how the Auditor General for Wales and Future Generations Commissioner for Wales [opens in new window] will cooperate on areas of common interest, and specifically, on their related responsibilities under the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015.