Health Board Regions Scotland
Current boundaries of nhs health boards in scotland are defined by national health service variation of areas of health boards scotland order 2013 ssi 2013 347 which came into force on april 1st 2014 and replaces the previous definition based upon the former regions and districts of the local government scotland act 1973.
Health board regions scotland. The following map extracts coronavirus covid 19 case data from the scottish government website and displays it by nhs board region. National records of scotland. Locate a service healthboard regions.
The greater glasgow and clyde health board has the highest amount of confirmed cases at 33 539 although this is also the most populated part of scotland. Nhs scotland had an operating budget of 15 3 billion in 2020 21. The lothian health board has 13 830.
A map displaying coronavirus cases in scotland s nhs boards. Five health board areas in scotland including edinburgh and glasgow are subject to tighter restrictions following significantly high levels of covid 19 infections by rhona shennan friday. Board to identify potential areas for standardisation and sharing.
Regional public health structures to ensure public health contributes to the national delivery plan themes. Health and social care are devolved issues in the united kingdom and the separate public healthcare bodies of scotland england and wales are each commonly referred to as national health service the nhs in scotland was created as an administratively separate organisation in 1948 under the ministerial oversight of the. 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.
Clicking on each region will display a popup with the count of current cases. 4 3 nhs health scotland working with national services scotland have been. Nhs inform provides a service to lookup your nearest pharmacy gp dentist hospital travel clinic and sexual health clinic.
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