Colin Beattie was generous enough to mention the news from the most recent year. I take what you say about transparency and keeping board members in the loop. However, despite having read the papers before me, I am still a wee bit confused. I am sure that, if I am confused, others are too.
The first paper to which I will refer is from Elaine Mead and is dated 20 April. It states:
“Subject to audit, NHS Highland has delivered a break-even for 2014/15”.
So you have delivered a break-even position. However, the Audit Scotland report from yesterday states that
“the Board anticipated an underlying deficit of £6 million”.
Page 14 of the same report states that the
“underlying deficit ... is £5.6 million.”
So we have figures of £5.6 million and £6 million and a break-even position. Are we talking about a break-even position or an underlying non-recurring deficit? It is not clear.