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The NHS in Scotland
The NHS in Scotland has around 132,000 staff, including more than 63,000 nurses, midwives and health visitors and over 8,500 doctors. There are also more than 7,000 family practitioners, including doctors, dentists, opticians and community pharmacists, who are independent contractors providing a range of services within the NHS in return for various fees and allowances.
The Scottish Government Health Directorate leads the central management of the NHS, heading a Management Executive which oversees the work of 14 area NHS boards responsible for planning health services for people in their area, and 41 Community Health (& Care) Partnerships responsible for providing services to patients and the community.
For a good summary of the priorities and activities of the NHS in Scotland please see the NHSScotland annual report available on the Scottish Government website.
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