Healthcare standards

Closure to apply immediately.

First Minister visits NHS 24 contact centre.

Case note review to take place in spring.

Scottish facilities deliver quicker results.

Increased funding for frontline NHS boards.

Experts to review cases of infection.

An Official Statistics Publication for Scotland.

Building capacity and increasing support.

Proposals to legislate non-surgical services.

We are seeking views on the regulation of non-medically trained providers of non-surgical cosmetic procedures.

Health Secretary accepts recommendations.

Further support for seasonal pressures.

Letters issued by the Director-General for Health and Social Care relating to Annual Operational Plans (AOPs) received from all territorial and national NHS Health Boards for 2019-2020.

Performance data on the current Local Delivery Plan (LDP) Standards - priorities set and agreed between the Scottish Government and NHS Boards to provide assurance on NHS Scotland performance. 

Further steps taken to increase public confidence.

Rise in number of people training to be GPs.

The Charter of Patient Rights and Responsibilities (the ‘charter’) summarises what you are entitled to when you use NHS services and receive NHS care in Scotland, and what you can do if you feel that your rights have not been respected.

Focuses on reducing the length of time people are waiting for key areas of healthcare.

This guidance focuses on the implementation of the legal duty of candour procedure for health, care or social work services.