Healthcare Improvement Scotland is one of the organisations which form part of NHS Scotland (NHSS). Our functions and duties as prescribed in the NHS Scotland 1978 Act are to:
- support, ensure and monitor the quality of health care
- provide information about the availability and quality of services provided under the health service and by independent healthcare providers
- undertake evaluation and provision of advice to the health service on the clinical and cost effectiveness of new and existing health technologies including drugs
Contact information
If you wish to make a request to access your own personal information or make a complaint about the way we handle your information, get in touch. Contact our Data Protection Officer at:
You also have the right to complain about how we use your personal information to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO). Details about this are on their website at http://www.ico.org.uk/
Our privacy notice
More information on our privacy notice
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How we use your personal information
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