Annual reports and accounts

South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board

Notice is hereby given under Regulation 9 (1) of the Local Authority Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2014 that:

a) copies of the unaudited accounts of South Lanarkshire Integration Joint Board for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2026 will be available for inspection from Wednesday 1 July 2026 to Wednesday 22 July 2026 (inclusive). The accounts will be available to view electronically on the South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership’s website. Anyone who wishes to inspect the accounts or any items identified at b) should contact valerie.mcbride@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

b) Any person interested may inspect a copy of the abstract(s) of the accounts to be audited, all books, deeds, contracts, bills, vouchers and receipts related thereto and may take copies of any or all parts of the accounts without charge.

c) Any person interested may object to the account or to any part of those accounts, no later than Thursday 23 July 2026 by:

i) sending their objection in writing, together with a statement of the grounds thereof, to the auditor;

John Boyd, Audit Director, Audit Scotland, 4th Floor, South Suite, The Athenaeum Building, 8 Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow G2 1BT jboyd@audit-scotland.gov.uk

ii) A copy of the objection and the statement should be sent to the Officer concerned and to the Chief Officer of the South Lanarkshire IJB by email to valerie.mcbride@southlanarkshire.gov.uk

The auditor shall, if requested by the person objecting, the authority, or by any officer of the authority who may be concerned, afford to that person or authority or officer, as the case may be, an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by the auditor with respect to that objection; and any such person or officer may so appear and be heard either personally or by a representative.

Professor Soumen Sengupta

Chief Officer

South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership

17 June 2026