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Scotland. Staff. Over 1,000. Website. www .nes .scot .nhs .uk. NHS Education for Scotland ( NES) is an education and training body and a national (special) health board within NHS Scotland . 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]
NHS Scotland ( Scottish Gaelic: SNS na h-Alba ), 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 ...
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. Its integral role to NHSScotland means the organisation works closely with ...
The National Health Service Central Register (NHSCR) is a Scottish Government database accessible to public bodies approved by the Scottish Parliament. The register was established in the early 1950s to facilitate the transfer of patients between Health Board areas or across borders within the countries of the United Kingdom.
The number of medical school places in Scotland for the last five years was as follows; 1,013 in 2019/20. 1,038 in 2020/21. 1,117 in 2021/22. 1,317 in 2022/23 [9] 1,417 in 2023/24 [10] In 2019/20, an increased target was set for the number of Scottish students enrolled at medical school. [11] All medical school places in Scotland were increased ...
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] The original three systems were established in ...
The Cabinet Secretary is responsible for the Health and Social Care Directorates and NHS Scotland . The current Cabinet Secretary is Neil Gray who has served since 8 February 2024. [3] The Cabinet Secretary is assisted by: Minister for Public Health and Women's Health – Jenni Minto. Minister for Social Care, Mental Wellbeing and Sport ...
The Highlands and Islands Medical Service ( HIMS) provided state funded healthcare to a population covering half of Scotland's landmass from its launch in 1913 until the creation of Scotland's National Health Service (NHS) in 1948. Though treatment was not free, unlike NHS Scotland which succeeded it, fees were set at minimal levels and people ...