Asof 18 April 2005, nine NHS boards have received approval for their schemesof establishment and the Scottish Executive Health Department has written to NHSboard chairs requesting the estimated financial cost of the establishment of CHPcommittees, taking into account the dissolution of Primary Care Divisions and LocalHealth Care Co-operatives.Guidance issued by the ScottishExecutive Health Department in April 2005 to NHS boards highlighted the requirementfor NHS board chairs to ensure that these new...