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Newsletter November 2005
Tachwedd 2005
Welcome
to the latest Wales Audit
Office electronic newsletter. It contains useful information
about the work we are doing to help promote improvements in Welsh
public services. It also gives you easy access to some of our most
recent reports. If you want to find out more about us, you can visit
our website www.wao.gov.uk
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Key news this
month
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Funding for the National
Botanic Garden of Wales
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Adult Mental Health Services in Wales
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Local Government Studies
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WAO Draft Welsh Language Scheme
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Our Strategy and our Partnership Board
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Public information leaflets
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Forthcoming reports
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Funding for the National Botanic
Garden of Wales
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This report examines the decisions made by the
Welsh Assembly Government, WDA and Wales Tourist Board to fund the
Garden. The Auditor General concludes that some of the public bodies
funding the Garden project could have done more to minimise the risks
involved. His report also found that those public bodies could have
worked together more to share information.
For a copy of the report, click here.
For more information contact James Verity on 029 2026 2580, or e-mail james.verity@wao.gov.uk
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Adult Mental Health Services
in Wales:
A Baseline Review
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The Auditor General
highlighted problems with the way services are planned, organised and
monitored. His baseline review of service provision was commissioned
by the Welsh Assembly Government and published on World Mental Health
Day (10 October). Publication coincided with the Assembly
Government’s announcement of a revised the Mental Health
Service National Service Framework and an additional £5m investment
into mental health services in Wales.
For a copy of the report, click here.
For more information on
the NSF click
here
For more information about the
report contact Dave Thomas
on 029 2026 2559 or, e-mail dave.thomas@wao.gov.uk
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Local Government Consultation
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We are currently consulting local government
colleagues on the proposed study into energy efficiency. We have also
been seeking your views on a proposed study that would examine local
government’s preparedness to deliver the Making the Connections agenda. The review, funded by the
Wales Programme for Improvement (WPI) grant, would form part of the
Regulatory Plans agreed with each authority for 2005/6 and would
address the question, “Is local government adequately prepared
to meet the objectives of Making the Connections?”
Following a consultation period, we are now establishing a
Developmental Group.
If you are interested in participating, or would
like to discuss either study further, please contact Anthony Snow, WAO Partner, on 029 2026
2685 or e-mail anthony.snow@wao.gov.uk
Local government audit and inspection fees for
2005-06 and a summary of our response to consultation will shortly be
available on our website at www.wao.gov.uk
. For more information, contact Simon Edge, WAO Partner, on 029 2067
8564 or e-mail simon.edge@wao.gov.uk
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Wales Audit Office Welsh
Language Scheme
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We are also asking for your views on our Draft
Welsh Language Scheme and would invite comments by 13 January 2006.
Click here
for the Draft Scheme.
For more information contact Susan Morgan on 029 2026 2696 or e-mail susan.morgan@wao.gov.uk
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Our Strategy and our
Partnership Board
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Our strategic aims and objectives for the next
three years are set out in a draft document which will shortly be
sent to our stakeholders for consultation. We welcome your views on
our blueprint for the future and look forward to your responses.
The final Strategy will then be made available on our website www.wao.gov.uk
For more information, please contact Ceri Stradling on 01244
288 530, e-mail ceri.stradling@wao.gov.uk
Our management arrangements have recently changed and
are now based firmly on a matrix model. Click here for the
composition of our Partnership Board.
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Public information leaflets
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We have produced three leaflets with important information
on whistle-blowing, WAO’s own
complaints procedure and the rights of citizens to access council
accounts. We will shortly be distributing copies to appropriate
target audiences in Wales.
For more information, please contact Sue Morgan on
029 2026 2696, e-mail susan.morgan@wao.gov.uk
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School Survey 2005
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Results from the School Survey 2005 are now
available. Local authorities in Wales have been given
on-line access to their own report and Estyn
has been sent a complete copy of the data. The School Survey is a
collaborative tool developed by the Audit Commission in partnership
with the Wales Audit Office, Local Authorities, Headteacher
and Governor associations. The survey was completed by schools
throughout England
and Wales.
Fourteen Welsh local authorities participated in the scheme.
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A new WLGA leader
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The Wales Audit Office welcomes Cllr Derek Vaughan
as new leader of the WLGA and looks forward to working closely with
him in helping to build a world-class system of local government for
the people of Wales.
The Auditor General and his staff would also like to thank the
outgoing leader, Cllr Alex Aldridge, for his contribution over the
years and wish him all the very best for the future.
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CIPFA conference
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The theme of this year’s CIPFA in Wales annual conference was
“Innovating public services in Wales.” WAO
Partner, Gill Lewis,
chaired the event at the Macdonald Holland House Hotel in Cardiff. Auditor
General Jeremy Colman
spoke on the Welsh national perspective on audit and improvement and
the Wales Audit Office mission statement.
Click here
for the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy
website.
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Forthcoming reports
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NHS Energy Management
This
report will consider whether NHS trusts in Wales have been
successful in controlling their energy costs over recent years and
the prospects for the future. In particular, it will examine whether
trusts have secured a good deal in their procurement of electricity
and gas and have made good progress in reducing energy consumption
and improving energy efficiency.
For more information contact Paul Dimblebee, WAO Partner, on 029 2026 2687, e-mail paul.dimblebee@wao.gov.uk
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We hope you find this bulletin useful. However, if
you do not wish to receive monthly updates by e-mail
please let us know at: wales@wao.gov.uk
WAO will not pass on, sell or in any way use
recipients’ addresses other than for the distribution of
relevant information.
Taflen Newyddion Tachwedd 2005
Tachwedd 2005
Croeso i
daflen newyddion electronig ddiweddaraf Swyddfa Archwilio
Cymru. Mae’n
cynnwys gwybodaeth
ddefnyddiol am y gwaith
yr ydym yn ei wneud i helpu i hyrwyddo gwelliannau mewn gwasanaethau cyhoeddus Cymreig. Mae hefyd yn rhoi hwyluso mynd at rai o’n hadroddiadau diweddaraf
i chi. Os ydych
chi am ddarganfod mwy,
gallwch ymweld â’n gwefan www.wao.gov.uk
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Newyddion allweddol y mis hwn
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Cyllid i
Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru
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Gwasanaethau Iechyd
Meddwl Oedolion yng Nghymru
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Astudiaethau Llywodraeth
Leol
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Cynllun
Iaith Gymraeg Drafft Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru
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Ein Strategaeth
a’n Bwrdd Partneriaeth
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Taflenni gwybodaeth
gyhoeddus
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Adroddiadau arfaethedig
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Cyllid i Ardd Fotaneg Genedlaethol Cymru
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Mae’r adroddiad
hwn yn archwilio’r penderfyniadau
a wnaed gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru, y WDA a Bwrdd Croeso Cymru i gyllido’r Ardd. Mae’r
Archwilydd Cyffredinol,
Jeremy Colman, yn dod i’r casgliad y gallai rhai o’r cyrff cyhoeddus sy’n ariannu’r prosiect
fod wedi gwneud mwy i fynd i’r afael â’r risgiau ynghlwm â hi. Gwnaeth ei adroddiad hefyd ddarganfod y gallai’r
cyrff cyhoeddus hynny fod wedi gweithio gyda’i gilydd yn fwy i rannu gwybodaeth.
Am gopi
o’r adroddiad, cliciwch yma.
Am
ragor o wybodaeth
cysylltwch â James Verity ar
029 2026 2580, neu anfonwch
e-bost at james.verity@wao.gov.uk
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Gwasanaethau Iechyd Meddwl Oedolion yng Nghymru: Adolygiad Sylfaenol
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Tynnodd
yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol
sylw at broblemau
gyda’r ffordd
y cynllunnir, y trefnir
ac y monitrir gwasanaethau. Comisiynwyd
ei adolygiad sylfaenol gan Lywodraeth Cynulliad Cymru a chafodd ei gyhoeddi ar Ddiwrnod Iechyd Meddwl y Byd (10 Hydref). Cafodd
ei gyhoeddi ar yr un pryd â chyhoeddiad Llywodraeth Cymru o Fframwaith Gwasanaeth Cenedlaethol y Gwasanaeth
Iechyd Meddwl a buddsoddiad ychwanegol
o £5m mewn gwasanaethau
iechyd meddwl yng Nghymru.
Am gopi
o’r adroddiad,
cliciwch
yma.
Am ragor
o wybodaeth ar y
NSF cliciwch yma
Am ragor o wybodaeth am yr adroddiad cysylltwch â Dave Thomas
ar 029 2026 2559 neu anfonwch e-bost at dave.thomas@wao.gov.uk
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Ymgynghoriad Llywodraeth Leol
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Rydym wedi
mynd ati i geisio eich barn ar astudiaeth arfaethedig fyddai’n archwilio
parodrwydd llywodraeth
leol i gyflawni’r agenda Creu’r
Cysylltiadau. Byddai’r
adolygiad, a ariennir
gan grant Cynllun
Cymru ar gyfer Gwella (WPI), yn ffurfio’r rhan o’r Cynlluniau Rheoleiddio
a gytunwyd gyda phob awdurdod ar gyfer 2005/6 a byddai’n mynd i’r afael â’r cwestiwn,
“A yw llywodraeth
leol wedi’i
pharatoi’n ddigonol
i ateb amcanion Creu’r Cysylltiadau?”
Yn
dilyn cyfnod ymgynghori, rydym yn awr yn sefydlu Grŵp Datblygu.
Os oes
gennych ddiddordeb
mewn cymryd rhan neu os hoffech drafod yr un astudiaeth
neu’r llall
yn fanylach, mae croeso i chi gysylltu ag Anthony Snow ar 029
20262685, neu anfonwch
e-bost at anthony.snow@wao.gov.uk
Maes
o law bydd Ffїoedd
arolygu ac archwilio
llywodraeth leol ar gyfer 2005-06 a chrynodeb o’n hymateb i’r ymgynghoriad ar gael ar ein gwefan yn www.wao.gov.uk.
Am ragor o wybodaeth
cysylltwch â Simon Edge, Partner Swyddfa
Archwilio Cymru ar 029 20678564 neu anfonwch e-bost at simon.edge@wao.gov.uk
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Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg y Swyddfa Archwilio
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Rydym
hefyd yn gofyn am eich barn ar ein Cynllun Iaith Gymraeg Drafft ac mae croeso i chi gyflwyno sylwadau erbyn 13 Ionawr 2006.
Cliciwch yma am y Cynllun Drafft.
Am ragor
o wybodaeth cysylltwch
â Susan Morgan
ar 029 20262695 neu
anfonwch e-bost
at susan.morgan@wao.go.uk
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Ein Strategaeth a’n Bwrdd Partneriaeth
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Cyflwynir
ein nodau ac amcanion strategol am y
tair blynedd nesaf mewn dogfen ddrafft a gaiff ei anfon maes o law at ein rhanddeiliaid at bwrpasau ymgynghori. Rydym
yn croesawu eich barn ar ein cynllun ar gyfer y dyfodol ac yn edrych ymlaen at eich ymatebion.
Bydd y Strategaeth
derfynol ar gael ar ein gwefan www.wao.gov.uk
Am ragor
o wybodaeth, cysylltwch
â Ceri Stradling
ar 01244 280 530, neu
anfonwch e-bost
at ceri.stradling@wao.gov.uk
Mae ein
trefniadau rheoli
wedi newid yn ddiweddar a bellach maent yn seiliedig yn gadarn ar fodel matrics. Cliciwch yma
am aelodaeth ein Bwrdd Partneriaeth.
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Taflenni gwybodaeth gyhoeddus
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Rydym
wedi cynhyrchu tair taflen sy’n cynnwys gwybodaeth bwysig ar chwythu’r chwiban, gweithdrefn gwyno Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru ei hunan a hawliau dinasyddion i weld cyfrifon cynghorau. Byddwn
yn dosbarthu copïau i gynulleidfaoedd targed priodol yng Nghymru maes o law.
Am ragor
o wybodaeth, cysylltwch
â Sue Morgan ar
029 2026 2696, e-bost susan.morgan@wao.gov.uk
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Arolwg Ysgolion 2005
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Mae canlyniadau Arolwg Ysgolion 2005 yn awr ar gael.
Mae awdurdodau lleol
yng Nghymru wedi cael mynediad ar-lein i’w hadroddiad eu hunain ac anfonwyd copi cyflawn o’r data
at Estyn. Mae’r
Arolwg ysgolion yn offeryn cydweithredol a ddatblygwyd
gan y Comisiwn Archwilio mewn partneriaeth â Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru, Awdurdodau Lleol, cymdeithasau Penaethiaid a Llywodraethwyr. Gorffennwyd
yr arolwg gan ysgolion ledled Cymru a Lloegr. Diolch
i bob un o’r
14 o awdurdodau a gymerodd
ran.
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Arweinydd newydd i CLlLC
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Mae Swyddfa Archwilio Cymru’n
croesawu’r Cynghorydd
Derek Vaughan fel arweinydd
newydd CLlLC ac yn edrych ymlaen at weithio’n
agos gydag ef wrth helpu i adeiladu system llywodraeth
leol i bobl Cymru sydd gyda’r gorau yn y byd. Hoffai’r Archwilydd Cyffredinol a’i staff hefyd ddiolch y cyn arweinydd, y Cynghorydd
Alex Aldridge, am ei gyfraniad
dros y blynyddoedd
a dymuno’n dda
iddo am y dyfodol.
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Cynhadledd CIPFA
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Thema cynhadledd flynyddol
CIPFA yng Nghymru
eleni oedd
“Arloesi gwasanaethau
cyhoeddus yng Nghymru.” Cadeiriwyd
y digwyddiad a gynhaliwyd
yng Ngwesty
Macdonald Holland yng Nghaerdydd
gan Gill Lewis, Partner yn
Swyddfa Archwilio
Cymru. Siaradodd yr Archwilydd Cyffredinol
Jeremy Colman ar bersbectif
cenedlaethol Cymru
ar archwilio a gwelliant a gweledigaeth
Swyddfa Archwilio
Cymru.
Cliciwch yma am wefan Sefydliad Siartredig Cyllid Cyhoeddus a Chyfrifyddiaeth.
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Adroddiadau arfaethedig
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Rheoli Ynni yn y GIG
Bydd yr adroddiad hwn yn ystyried a yw ymddiriedolaethau’r
GIG yng Nghymru wedi bod yn llwyddiannus wrth reoli eu costau ynni dros y blynyddoedd diwethaf a’r rhagolygon am
y dyfodol. Yn enwedig, bydd yn archwilio a yw ymddiriedolaethau
wedi sicrhau bargen dda wrth gaffael trydan a nwy ac a ydynt wedi gwneud cynnydd da wrth leihau’r defnydd
o ynni ac wrth wella effeithlonrwydd ynni.
Am ragor
o wybodaeth cysylltwch
â Paul Dimblebee ar
029 2026 2687, neu anfonwch
e-bost at paul.dimblebee@wao.gov.uk
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