Current status: Answered by Neil Gray on 14 August 2025
To ask the Scottish Government whether it plans to review the number of NHS boards.
The Scottish Government does not have any current plans to review the number of NHS Boards.
In the NHS Scotland Service Renewal Plan, we have already committed to the creation of a new single body called ‘NHS Delivery’, which will bring together the existing functions of NHS National Services Scotland and NHS Education for Scotland, and will allow us to review and consolidate other crosscutting delivery functions.
We will continue to strengthen collaboration across NHS Bodies to ensure a more strategic, population-based approach to planning and keep governance arrangements under review to ensure they support the needs of Scotland's population and deliver best value for public services.