• Source: Health and Social Care Directorates

The Health and Social Care Directorates are a group of directorates of the Scottish Government. They are responsible for NHS Scotland, as well as policies on the development and implementation of health and social care.
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 Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care. He is assisted in this work by the Minister for Mental Wellbeing and Social Care, the Minister for Public Health and Women's Health 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 NHS Scotland, the Directorates also have responsibility for:

Public Health Scotland
Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland
Scottish Ambulance Service
State Hospital
NHS24
Healthcare Improvement Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland
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 Alison Strath
Chief Scientist (Health) – Professor Anna Dominiczak




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.




See also


Social care in Scotland




References






External links


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

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• Health and Social Care Directorates
• Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Scotland)
• NHS Scotland
• Caroline Lamb
• Directorates of the Scottish Government
• Department of Health and Social Care
• State Hospital
• List of health departments and ministries
• Social determinants of health
• David Crossman