The Health and Social Care Directorates are a group of directorates of the

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. 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

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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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, the

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and the Minister for Drugs and Alcohol Policy.

Structure

The current Directorates are: * Chief Medical Officer - Chief Medical Officer: Sir Gregor Smith * Chief Nursing Officer - Chief Nursing Officer: Alex McMahon * Chief Operating Officer, NHS Scotland Directorate - Director: John Burns, Chief Operating Officer of NHS Scotland * Digital Health and Care Directorate - Director: Stephen Gallagher * Health and Social Care Finance, Digital and Governance Directorate - Director: Richard McCallum * Health Workforce Directorate - Director: Gillian Russell * Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate - Director: Linda Pollock and National Clinical Director: Professor Jason Leitch * Mental Health Directorate - Director: Stephen Gallagher * People Appointments and Governance - Chief People Officer: Fiona Hogg * Population Health Directorate - Co-Directors: Richard Foggo and Christine McLaughlin * Primary Care Directorate - Director: Tim Mcdonnell * Social Care and National Care Service Development - Director: Donna Bell As well as responsibility for the regional health boards of

, the Directorates also have responsibility for: *

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State Hospital The State Hospital (also known as Carstairs Hospital, or simply Carstairs) is a psychiatric hospital located close to the villages of Carstairs and Carstairs Junction, in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It provides care and treatment in conditions ...

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). ...

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There are seven chief professional officers: * Chief Dental Officer – Tom Ferris * Chief Health Professions Officer – Carolyn McDonald * Chief Medical Officer – Dr Gregor Smith * Chief Midwifery Officer - Justine Craig * Chief Nursing Officer – Alex McMahon * Chief Pharmaceutical Officer - Professor

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* Chief Scientist (Health) – Professor

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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 {{Authority control

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Health policy in the United Kingdom NHS Scotland

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Social care in Scotland

Structure

History

See also

References

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