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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.
NHS Scotland is the publicly funded healthcare systems in Scotland.It was founded by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (since repealed by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978) and was launched on 5 July 1948, under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
What's being done about NHS waiting times? First Minister John Swinney has pledged to put Scotland's NHS on a "path of modernisation and renewal" and tackle high waiting times and delayed discharge.
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital in Glasgow, one of the largest acute hospital campuses in Europe. [1] [2]The following is a list of acute, general district, and mental health hospitals currently open and operational in Scotland, organised into each of the 14 regional health boards of NHS Scotland.
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. [2]
The Community Health Index is a register of all patients in NHS Scotland, Scotland's publicly funded healthcare system.The register exists to ensure that patients can be correctly identified, and that all information pertaining to a patient's health is available to providers of care.
NHS Highland is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland.Geographically, it is the largest Health Board, covering an area of 32,500 km 2 (12,500 sq mi) from Kintyre in the south-west to Caithness in the north-east, serving a population of 320,000 people. [3]