Mechanisms are in place to review service plans throughout the year, including quarterly review meetings between my Department and the health board chief executive officers. Service plan progress reports are submitted to the Department by the boards in advance of these review meetings. The health boards have all supplied service plan progress reports in the context of the most recent review meetings which were held on 21 and 22 October. These reports covered the major elements of each board's original service plan. Some of the more detailed elements of the service plans were not covered as they were not essential for the purpose of the review. The purpose of the progress reports are to provide the Department with the necessary level of detail required to monitor the overall delivery of the service plans by the boards and the reports submitted by the boards for the recent review meetings fulfilled that requirement.