A study published by the National Association of Health Authorities last year found that one in six authorities now excluded certain treatments altogether, such as cosmetic surgery, tattoo removal and breast augmentation.
This rapid expansion means that in six authorities all secondary schools are academies or in the process or becoming an academy.
When La ONU — also the Spanish acronym for the United Nations — broke in two, authorities say the rival factions "essentially split" the housing project gangs that ran the local trade of heroin, marijuana, cocaine, and crack.
Council Tax remains frozen in all three authorities, in accordance with the Scottish government request.
Three authorities in Greater Manchester have announced council tax rises, Manchester 3.7%, Oldham 3.5% and Rochdale 3.5%.
"But whether shoe-horning local government into seven health authorities in four police authorities that don't make sense is another matter".
Less than one in three local authorities monitored more than two schools.
It also found that one in three local authorities had reduced mental health services by at least 50%.
Consistency of leadership is a problem, it says, with one in three local authorities changing their director of social services last year.
But none were reported in three local authorities - Falkirk, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian.
