NHS National Services Scotland

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.