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NHS Scotland had an operating budget of £15.3 billion in 2020/21. [4]Health and social care are devolved issues in the United Kingdom and the separate public healthcare bodies of Scotland, England and Wales are each commonly referred to as "National Health Service".
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 National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom, comprising the NHS in England, NHS Scotland and NHS Wales. Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland was created separately and is often locally referred to as "the NHS". [ 2 ]
NES is the national NHS health board with a responsibility to develop and deliver education and training for those people who work in NHS Scotland. [ 1 ] To enable it to fulfil its remit of promoting best practice in the education and lifelong learning of all NHS staff, NES has statutory functions.
All five participate in the Reach national initiative, with applications from the poorest 40% of areas increasing by 60% since the beginning of the initiative. During the same period, the number being accepted from the same areas has increased by 50%. [1] The number of medical school places in Scotland for the last five years was as follows;
NHS Western Isles is an NHS board serving the Outer Hebrides (Western Isles) of Scotland.It is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.NHS Western Isles is responsible for providing primary and secondary healthcare to the 26,000 people in the Outer Hebrides.
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 .
Neil Gray, the incumbent Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Health and Social Care within the Scottish Government. The National Health Service (NHS) in Scotland was created by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 in 1948 at the same time the NHS was created for England and Wales. Scotland's NHS remains a separate body from the other ...