NHS National Services Scotland
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NHS National Services Scotland is the central support agency for the National Health Service in Scotland: NHS Scotland. It is comprised of:
- Information Services Division - information consultancy, national data gathering and analysis, and statistics.
- National Services Division (NSD) - commissions and/or manages Scottish national specialist services (e.g. transplantation) and screening programmes
- Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service - blood transfusion services, tissue and bone banking services, and diagnostic products
- National Procurement Organisation (Scottish Healthcare Supplies) - purchases supplies and services centrally for NHS Scotland
- Practitioner Services Division - pays doctors, dentists and community pharmacists
- Central Legal Office
- Counter Fraud Services - deterring, detecting and investigating fraud
- Scottish Health Services Centre - conference and meeting venue
- Health Protection Scotland - national surveillance of communicable diseases, environmental health hazards and public health
NHS National Services Scotland was formerly known as the Common Services Agency. It is established as a special health board.