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'''Health and Wellbeing Directorate''' is a [[Ministry (government department)|directorate]] of the [[Scottish Government]]. It is responsible for the [[Scottish National Health Service]], as well as policies on the development and implementation of health and [[community care]]. It was created in 1999 as the Scottish Executive Health Department and was renamed in 2007.

The [[Cabinet Secretary for Health and Wellbeing]] is [[Nicola Sturgeon]] and she is assisted by the [[Minister for Public Health]], [[Shona Robison]].<ref>[http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/Ministers Scotland.gov.uk- Ministers]</ref>

==Structure==

The Department is headed by a Director-General, assisted by a Chief Medical Officer. The Department is split into 6 Directorates:
* Nursing
* Service
* Performance Management and Finance
* Health Improvement
* Human Resources
* National Waiting Time Units

As well as responsibility for [[NHS Scotland]], the Department also has resposnbility for:
* [[Health Scotland]]
* [[Mental Welfare Commission for Scotland]]
* [[Scottish Ambulance Service]]
* [[State Hospital for Scotland and Northern Ireland]]
* [[NHS 24]]
* [[NHS Quality Improvement Scotland]]

==External link==
* [http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health Official website]

==References==
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[[Category:Departments of the Scottish Government|Health]]
[[Category:Healthcare in Scotland]]
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[[Category:Health ministries]]
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