Health public interest reports
Under Section 8 of the Audit Commission Act 1998, the appointed auditor is required to consider whether to issue a report in the public interest on any significant matter coming to his or her notice in the course of an audit, and to bring it to the attention of the audited body and the public.
For health bodies, under Section 10 of the Act, the appointed auditor must send a copy of the report to the Secretary of State and the health body must consider its contents as soon as practicable in a meeting open to the public.