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Special Health Board

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Special Health Board

A non-departmental public body (arm’s length body, quango) which, in Scotland, includes the Clinical Standards Board for Scotland, Health Technology Board for Scotland, NHS24 and the State Hospitals Board for Scotland.
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Baillie said: "If I become the health secretary in six months I will immediately move to reduce the number of special health boards, so that money is spent on the frontline."
And the country's eight special health boards, including the Scottish Ambulance Service and State Hospital, will receive almost pounds 1billion.
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