Health and Social Care Directorates

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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

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The current Directorates are:[1]

  • 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:

There are seven chief professional officers:[2]

History

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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.[3] In December 2010, the functions of the Health Directorates were taken on by the Health and Social Care Directorates.[citation needed]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Directorates". Scottish Government. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Health and Social care: About us: How we are structured". Scottish Government. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Scottish Government (structure diagram from 2007)" (PDF). Scottish Government. April 2008. Retrieved 15 July 2016.
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