List of NHS institutions and organisations

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See also: NHS Scotland, NHS Wales, and Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland, this article concerns the current English public health service.

Institutions and Organisations relating to the National Health Service (NHS) in England include the following:

Contents 1 NHS bodies 1.1 Administrative 1.2 Direct healthcare providers 2 NHS programmes 3 Organisations associated with the NHS 4 Department of Health bodies 5 Non-departmental bodies 6 Healthcare

[edit] NHS bodies

[edit] Administrative

• Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs), which oversee all NHS operations in an area.
• Special Health Authorities which provide services across England, including:
  • National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
  • NHS Direct, providing a national service to the public
  • NHS Business Services Authority managing the NHS Pension Scheme
  • NHS Professionals Special Health Authority

[edit] Direct healthcare providers

• NHS Trusts, comprising:
  • Primary Care Trusts (PCTs), which administer primary care and public health, providing and commissioning healthcare for their populations. See List of Primary Care Trusts in England
  • NHS Hospital Trusts. 290 organisations administer hospitals, treatment centres and specialist care in about 1,600 NHS hospitals (many trusts maintain between 2 and 8 different hospital sites).
    • NHS hospitals administered by the above - often more than one hospital per Trust.
  • NHS Ambulance Services Trusts
  • NHS Foundation Trusts - presently all of these are hospitals, but could include PCTs in future.
  • NHS Care Trusts
  • NHS Mental Health Services Trusts

[edit] NHS programmes

• Connecting for Health, the NHS' IT/ICT organisation.

[edit] Organisations associated with the NHS

• NHS Confederation

[edit] Department of Health bodies

• Executive Agencies of the Department of Health:
  • NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency
  • Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA)

[edit] Non-departmental bodies

• Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including:
  • Healthcare Commission
  • Council for Healthcare Regulatory Excellence

[edit] Healthcare

The following bodies and organisations are important contributors to healthcare in the United Kingdom, but are not structurally part of the NHS.

• General Medical Council
• Nursing and Midwifery Council
• General Dental Council
• British Medical Association
• Royal College of Nursing
• Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain
• Royal College of Surgeons of England