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NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly–funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, supported by seven special non-geographic health boards, and Public Health Scotland .
NHS Scotland is the publicly funded healthcare systems in Scotland.It was founded by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (since repealed by the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978) and was launched on 5 July 1948, under the control of the Secretary of State for Scotland.
History of NHS Scotland; History of NHS Wales; History of Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland; Aneurin Bevan, Minister of Health, on the first day of the National Health Service, 5 July 1948 at Trafford General Hospital then known as Park Hospital, Davyhulme, near Manchester. The NHS was one of the first universal health care systems ...
The National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 (10 & 11 Geo. 6.c. 27) came into effect on 5 July 1948 and created the National Health Service in Scotland.Though the title 'National Health Service' implies one health service for the United Kingdom, in reality one NHS was created for England and Wales, accountable to the Secretary of State for Health and a separate NHS was created for Scotland ...
Scotland's National Clinical Director, Professor Jason Leitch, suggests that door-to-door carol singing should "probably not" take place over Christmas. [314] First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announces that every NHS and social care worker in Scotland will receive a £500 "thank you" payment for the role they played in the COVID-19 pandemic. [315]
The following is a timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2024. There are significant differences in the legislation and the reporting between the countries of the UK: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, and Wales.
23 March – NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Scotland's biggest health board, warns it is facing COVID pressures that are "as serious as it gets". [76] 30 March – First Minister Nicola Sturgeon confirms that rules regarding face coverings in shops and on public transport in Scotland will remain in place until 18 April. [77]
The COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland is part of the COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease-2019, caused by the virus SARS-CoV-2. The first case of COVID-19 was confirmed in Scotland on 1 March 2020. [1] Community transmission was first reported on 11 March 2020, and the first confirmed death was on 13 March 2020.