Auditor General

Northern Ireland's comptroller and auditor general said about 3,800 patients were potentially subjected to severe harm last year because of ambulance handover delays.

Auditor General Stephen Boyle said: "It's now unlikely the government will achieve its ambition, so it needs to be clear how this will affect its wider ambitions to achieve net zero emissions by 2045."

Stephen Boyle, auditor general for Scotland, said the government needs to "clearly set out" how it will deliver reform.

Here in Scotland, the auditor general says the government must be clear with people about what the NHS can and cannot afford.

The auditor general says more difficult decisions must come if the NHS is to survive.