NHS Scotland

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health service publicly funded healthcare system

NHS Scotland is the publicly funded healthcare system for Scotland, providing comprehensive medical services free at the point of use to residents.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
NHS Scotland canonical 24
National Health Service in Scotland 5
Chief Executive of NHS Scotland 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf health service ⓘ
publicly funded healthcare system ⓘ
collaboratesWith Department of Health (Northern Ireland) ⓘ
surface form: Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland

NHS England ⓘ
NHS Wales ⓘ
country Scotland ⓘ
employs administrative staff ⓘ
allied health professionals ⓘ
doctors ⓘ
nurses ⓘ
established 1948 ⓘ
foundedAsPartOf National Health Service Act 1948 ⓘ
surface form: United Kingdom National Health Service reforms of 1948
fundedBy Scottish Government ⓘ
general taxation ⓘ
fundingModel publicly funded ⓘ
governedBy Scottish Government directorates ⓘ
surface form: Scottish Government Health and Social Care Directorates
hasComponent NHS organisations ⓘ
surface form: NHS boards

special NHS boards ⓘ
territorial NHS boards ⓘ
hasProgramme health improvement initiatives ⓘ
national screening programmes ⓘ
vaccination programmes ⓘ
headquartersLocation Edinburgh ⓘ
keyPrinciple care based on clinical need, not ability to pay ⓘ
free at the point of use ⓘ
languageOfService English ⓘ
Scottish Gaelic ⓘ
other community languages as needed ⓘ
legalJurisdiction Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
numberOfSpecialBoards 7 ⓘ
numberOfTerritorialBoards 14 ⓘ
operatesIn Scotland ⓘ
overseenBy Cabinet Secretary for Health ⓘ
surface form: Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care (Scotland)
partOf National Health Service ⓘ
policyArea healthcare in Scotland ⓘ
populationServed residents of Scotland ⓘ
visitors requiring emergency treatment in Scotland ⓘ
prescriptionCharges no standard prescription charges for residents ⓘ
providesService community health services ⓘ
emergency care ⓘ
maternity services ⓘ
mental health services ⓘ
prescription medicines ⓘ
primary care ⓘ
public health services ⓘ
secondary care ⓘ
tertiary care ⓘ
serviceType comprehensive medical services ⓘ
universal healthcare ⓘ
usesSystem NHS number or equivalent patient identifiers ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

National Health Service → hasComponent → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service
Queen Margaret Hospital, Dunfermline → isPartOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS Wales → collaboratesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Royal Hospital for Children and Young People → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS Lothian → partOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS Lothian → parentOrganization → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS Fife → partOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS Fife → operatesIn → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service in Scotland
Cabinet Secretary for Health → oversees → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Cabinet Secretary for Health → worksWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Chief Executive of NHS Scotland
NHS Tayside → partOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
BioQuarter → collaboratesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service in Scotland
Faculty of Health Sciences and Sport → collaboratesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
NHS policy → shapedBy → NHS Scotland ⓘ
School of Pharmacy and Life Sciences → associatedWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service in Scotland
National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1947 → implementedBy → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: Scottish health authorities
School of Health Sciences → collaboratesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
St John’s Hospital → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Crosshouse Hospital → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Belford Hospital → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Belford Hospital → isPartOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHS Scotland hospital network
HSC in Northern Ireland → similarTo → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Royal Infirmary of Glasgow → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Health and Social Care in Northern Ireland → cooperatesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Ambulance Service → partOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Ambulance Service → parentOrganization → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Scottish Ambulance Service → collaboratesWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHS Scotland health boards
Royal Edinburgh Hospital → partOf → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Directorate for Health and Social Care → worksWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Directorate for Chief Medical Officer → worksWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service in Scotland
Directorate for Chief Nursing Officer → worksWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service in Scotland
Directorate for Digital Health and Care → worksWith → NHS Scotland ⓘ
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital → healthcareSystem → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: National Health Service (NHS) Scotland
Queen Elizabeth University Hospital → category → NHS Scotland ⓘ
this entity surface form: NHS Scotland hospitals