Health and Social Care Structures

One of 7 NHS Special Boards, NHS Education for Scotland (NES) is responsible for developing and delivering healthcare education and training for the NHS, health and social care sector and other public bodies. NES has a Scotland-wide role in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing professional development.
It is responsible for the National Digital Platform and the Knowledge Network (see separate entries).

One of 7 NHS Special Boards, NHS 24 is Scotland's national telehealth and telecare organisation. It runs a telephone advice and triage service that covers the out-of-hours period (Mondays to Fridays between 6pm and 8am, public holidays and all weekend)

One of 7 NHS Special Boards, the NHS Golden Jubilee is the brand name for the NHS National Waiting Times Centre family which includes: Golden Jubilee National Hospital; Golden Jubilee Research Institute; Golden Jubilee Conference Hotel.

One of 7 NHS Special Boards, Health Improvement Scotland supports the regional NHS Boards by providing a range of specialist and national services. Its broad range of work includes the regulation of independent hospitals and clinics along with a number of organisation which have specific roles: The ihub; Community Engagement; Scottish Health Technologies Group; Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network; Scottish Medicines Consortium; Scottish Antimicrobial Prescribing Group (SAPG); Scottish Patient Safety Programme.