The Health and Social Care Directorates are a group of directorates of the Scottish Government. They are responsible for

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, as well as policies on the development and implementation of

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and

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. The Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General of the Scottish Government's Health and Social Care Directorates is Caroline Lamb. There is a direct relationship between Ministers and the Directorates, but this relationship is not consistent across the Government as there is often no direct read across to Ministerial portfolios from DGs. The activities of these Directorates are under the purview of the

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. He is assisted in this work by the

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and the

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Structure

The current Directorates are: *Chief Medical Officer - Chief Medical Officer: Sir Gregor Smith *Chief Nursing Officer - Chief Nursing Officer: Professor Amanda Croft *COVID Public Health Directorate - Director: Richard Foggo *Digital Health and Care Directorate - Interim Director: Jonathan Cameron *Health Finance, Corporate Governance and Value Directorate - Director: Richard McCallum *Health Performance and Delivery Directorate - Chief Performance Officer, NHS Scotland and Director of Delivery and Resilience: John Connaghan *Health Workforce Directorate - Co-Directors: Gillian Russell and Sean Neill *Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate - Interim Director: Linda Pollock and National Clinical Director: Professor Jason Leitch *Mental Health and Social Care Directorate - Director: Donna Bell *Population Health Directorate - Interim Director: Michael Kellet *Primary Care Directorate - Director: Aidan Grisewood *Test and Protect - Director: Christine McLaughlin *Vaccine Strategy and Policy - Director: Stephen Gallagher As well as responsibility for the regional health boards of

, the Directorates also have responsibility for: * Public Health Scotland *

Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland The Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland is a non-departmental public body, responsible for safeguarding the rights and welfare of people in Scotland with a learning disability, mental illness or other mental disorder. The Commission was origi ...

Scottish Ambulance Service The Scottish Ambulance Service ( gd, Seirbheis Ambaileans na h-Alba) is part of NHS Scotland, which serves all of Scotland's population. The Scottish Ambulance Service is governed by a special health board and is funded directly by the Healt ...

State Hospital The State Hospital (also known as Carstairs Hospital, or simply Carstairs) is a psychiatric hospital near the village of Carstairs Junction, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions of high security for aro ...

NHS24 NHS 24 is Scotland's national telehealth and telecare organisation. This special health board 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). ...

Healthcare Improvement Scotland Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) is the national healthcare improvement organisation for Scotland. It is a public body which is part of the Scottish National Health Service, created in April 2011. History NHS Quality Improvement Scotland ( ...

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There are six chief professional officers: * Chief Dental Officer – Tom Ferris * Chief Health Professions Officer – Carolyn McDonald *

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– Dr Gregor Smith * Chief Nursing Officer – Professor Amanda Croft * Chief Pharmaceutical Officer - Professor

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* Chief Scientist (Health) – Professor

David Crossman David Christopher Crossman (born 20 July 1957) is a physician who has been the Dean of the University of St Andrews School of Medicine since 2014 and was the Chief Scientist (Health) within the Health and Social Care Directorates of the Scot ...

History

The Scottish Executive Health Department (SEHD) was created in 1999 from the former Scottish Office Health Department (SOHD) (previously part of the Scottish Office Home and Health Department). The separate departments in the Scottish Government were abolished in 2007 and replaced with Directorates. In December 2010, the functions of the Health Directorates were taken on by the Health and Social Care Directorates.

References

External links

Health and Social Care
page on Scottish Government website
Directorates
page on Scottish Government website {{Scottish Government Directorates

Health Health, according to the World Health Organization, is "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity".World Health Organization. (2006)''Constitution of the World Health Organ ...

NHS Scotland

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Social care in Scotland

Structure

History

See also

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