The Civil Service
The civil service helps the government of the day develop and implement its policies as well as deliver public services. Civil servants are accountable to ministers, who in turn are accountable to Parliament.
The Permanent Secretary is the most senior civil servant in Scotland and leads more than 7000 staff within the core Scottish Government and has oversight of around 125 agencies.
The government is structured into a number of directorates and their related public bodies. Directorates and agencies are managed by directors-general.
Permanent Secretary and directors-general
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John-Paul Marks
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Louise Macdonald
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Caroline Lamb
Chief Executive of NHS Scotland and Director-General Health and Social Care
Responsibilities (13)
- Chief Medical Officer Directorate
- Chief Nursing Officer Directorate
- Digital Health and Care Directorate
- Health Finance, Corporate Governance and Value
- Health Performance and Delivery Directorate
- Health Workforce, Leadership and Service Reform Directorate
- Healthcare Quality and Improvement Directorate
- Mental Health Directorate
- Office of the Chief Executive NHS Scotland
- Population Health Directorate
- Primary Care Directorate
- Social Care and National Care Service Development
- Vaccines Strategy and Policy Directorate
Non-executive directors
Non-executive directors (NXDs) support the Permanent Secretary, directors-general and other senior managers in the leadership of the Scottish Government.
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Nichola Clyde
Non-executive director
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Annie Gunner Logan
Non-executive director
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Ronnie Hinds
Non-executive director
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David Martin
Non-executive director
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Linda McKay MBE
Non-executive director
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Ben McKendrick
Non-executive director
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Neil Richardson
Non-executive director
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Jim Robertson
Non-executive director
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Fiona Ross
Non-executive director
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Jayne Scott
Non-executive director
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Jenny Stewart
Non-executive director
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