NHSScotland consists of 14 regional NHS Boards which are responsible for the protection and the improvement of their population’s health and for the delivery of frontline healthcare services and 7 Special NHS Boards and 1 public health body who support the regional NHS Boards by providing a range of important specialist and national services.
NHS Scotland Healthboards
Special NHS Boards
Public Health Scotland
Public Health Scotland is Scotland’s lead national agency for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of all of Scotland’s people.
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
Supporting the delivery of high quality, evidence-based care and scrutinising services to provide public assurance about the quality and safety of healthcare.
NHS Education for Scotland
Quality Education for a Healthier Scotland.
NHS National Waiting Times Centre
Ensuring prompt access to first-class treatment.
NHS 24
Providing health advice and information.
Scottish Ambulance Service
Responding to almost 600,000 accident and emergency calls and taking 1.6 million patients to and from hospital each year.
The State Hospitals Board for Scotland
Providing assessment, treatment and care in conditions of special security for individuals with a mental disorder whom because of their dangerous, violent or criminal propensities, cannot be cared for in any other setting.
NHS National Services Scotland
Supplying essential services including health protection, blood transfusion and information
Health Body
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