10 Facts About NHS Scotland

NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland, and one of the four systems which make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom.

Half of NHS Scotland's landmass was already covered by the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, a state-funded health system run directly from Edinburgh, which had been set up 35 years earlier to address a deficiency in the panel system, which required workers who earned less than £160 per year to pay 4d per week.

NHS Scotland had its own distinctive medical tradition, centred on its medical schools rather than private practice, and a detailed plan for the future of health provision based on the Cathcart report.

Community pharmacies in NHS Scotland provide prescribed medicines free of charge, where the patient is registered with a GP Surgery based in NHS Scotland, and where the appropriate prescription-voucher is given.

Pharmacies in NHS Scotland are frequently located inside Chemists' shops and supermarkets.

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Proposals for the establishment of fifteen NHS Scotland boards were announced by the Scottish Executive Health Department in December 2000.

Mental Welfare Commission for NHS Scotland is an independent statutory body which protects people with a psychological disorder who are not able to look after their own interests.

Central Register keeps records of patients resident in NHS Scotland who have been registered with any of the health systems of the United Kingdom.

In 2000, the NHS Scotland boards were starting to help out researchers with their studies.

Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Faculties in NHS Scotland produced a report entitled "Learning from serious failings in care" in July 2015.