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NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, supported by seven special non-geographic health boards, and Public Health Scotland .
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is a public body and national health board of NHSScotland. Accountable to the Scottish Government , NSS works at the heart of Scotland’s health service, providing national strategic support services and expert advice to NHSScotland.
The Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, an NHS Scotland general hospital. It is the largest hospital campus in Europe [1] Healthcare in Scotland is mainly provided by Scotland's public health service, NHS Scotland. It provides healthcare to all permanent residents free at the point of need and paid for from general taxation.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) (Scottish Gaelic: Leasachadh Cùram Slàinte na h-Alba) is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Scotland. It is a public body which is part of the Scottish National Health Service , created in April 2011.
Public Health Scotland (PHS; [1] Scottish Gaelic: Slàinte Poblach na h-Alba) is the national public health body for Scotland. [2] [3] It is a Special NHS Health Board, and it is jointly accountable to the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) and the Scottish Government.
Information Services Division became part of Public Health Scotland on 1 April 2020. This new agency is a collaborative approach by both the Scottish Government and COSLA to give effect to the recommendations of the 2015 Public Health Review. [6]
In the 1940s Helen White played a key role in the development of the blood donor service in Edinburgh and throughout Scotland, on her initiative a network of voluntary organisers was established. The network was characterised by its friendliness and the care she took in making voluntary donation an enjoyable activity.
The hospital serves the town of Dumfries and the catchment area of South West Scotland with a population of c.150,000. [12] It is made up entirely of single rooms, 344 of them, each with a computer point to allow real-time updating of patient records. [1] The hospital is a supporter of The Princess Royal Trust for Carers. [13]