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Happy 60th Birthday NHS Scotland

Happy 60th Birthday NHS Scotland
Find out more about this milestone date.

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NSS joins the RNID Typetalk network

If you are a Typetalk textphone user, you can now contact NSS by prefixing the number you need with 18001.

13 May 2008

Merger of Health Facilities Scotland and SHS Equipping and Technical

Scottish Healthcare Supplies Equipping and Technical Branch has recently merged with Health Facilities Scotland.

29 April 2008

NHS Scotland’s Emergency Care Summary

NHS Scotland’s Emergency Care Summary (ECS) programme has reached a major milestone with over 1 million ECS records used in patient consultations in Scotland, since its launch in 2006.

25 April 2008

2nd hand hygiene audit report released by Health Protection Scotland

Health Protection Scotland (HPS) has published the second Compliance with Hand Hygiene - Audit Report as part of the National NHS Hand Hygiene Campaign.

17 April 2008

What we do

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Working at the very heart of the health service, we deliver services critical to frontline patient care and in support of the efficient and effective operation of NHS Scotland.

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Our divisions

Our services are delivered through our divisions which provide the core services of our organisation. The key functions of the divisions are shown below:

Central Legal Office - Specialist legal services
Counter Fraud Services - Deterring, detecting and investigating fraud
Health Facilities Scotland - Operational advice on all facilities topics
Health Protection Scotland - Coordinating health protection
Information Services Division - Health statistics and analysis
National Procurement - Acquiring, storing and delivering goods and services
National Services Division - Screening and specialist health services
Practitioner Services - Family health service payments and patient registration
Scottish Health Service Centre - Conference facilities and event organising
Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service - Blood transfusion services


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Page updated Monday 21 April 2008