|Public Entity |Approved |Amount |Achievements (2012/13) | | |budget |spent | | | |(2012/13)|(2012/13| | | | |) | | |Medical Research |592 458 |530 045 |The MRC received a clean audit | |Council | | |from the AG for the 2012/13 | | | | |financial year. However, the | | | | |council has achieved only 46% of| | | | |its targets. This is a decline | | | | |from the previous financial | | | | |year. Overall an improvement in | | | | |key controls was noted and was | | | | |related to the internal control | | | | |environment for the MRC | |Council Medical |4 310 |4310 |CMS received an unqualified | |Scheme | | |audit opinion. A regression was | | | | |noted by the AG in the quality | | | | |of financial statements | | | | |submitted by CMS | |National Health |84 640 |84 640 |The NHLS received an unqualified| |Laboratory Services| | |audit. Only 14 (last year only | | | | |19) of the 25 targets were | | | | |achieved, meaning that 44% (last| | | | |year 24%) of the targets were | | | | |not achieved. This was largely | | | | |attributed to cash flow | | | | |problems. |