# Scottish Health Council

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The '''Scottish Health Council''' was established by the Scottish Executive in April 2005 to promote Patient Focus and Public Involvement in the NHS in Scotland.

It is a committee of  [Healthcare Improvement Scotland](/source/Healthcare_Improvement_Scotland).  It has a national office in Glasgow and a local office in each of the 14 [NHS Boards](/source/NHS_Scotland) across Scotland.

The Council collects information on how NHS Boards engage with patients and the public against the Participation Standard.  This focuses on:
*How well NHS Boards focus on the patient 
*How well NHS Boards involve the public
*How NHS Boards take responsibility for ensuring they involve the public

In contested decisions the view of the Council on the legitimacy of the process is taken into account.<ref>{{cite news|title=Protest opposes Skye and Lochalsh hospital plans|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-33224731|accessdate=13 July 2015|publisher=BBC News|date=22 June 2015}}</ref> The Council concentrates on process issues and does not express an opinion on the merits of proposals.<ref>{{cite news|title=Scottish Health secretary Shona Robison urged to intervene to stop the axing of the out-of-hours GP service at Wishaw General|url=http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/scottish-health-secretary-shona-robison-5864134|accessdate=13 July 2015|publisher=Daily Record|date=11 June 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Campaigners take fight for homeopathic hospital to Holyrood|url=http://m.eveningtimes.co.uk/news/13332247.Campaigners_take_fight_for_homeopathic_hospital_to_Holyrood/|accessdate=13 July 2015|publisher=Evening Times|date=9 June 2015}}</ref>

The Council has been criticised by [Elaine Smith](/source/Elaine_Smith_(Scottish_politician)) who called for “an end to one sided views of health boards being discussed behind closed doors, with MSPs undemocratically excluded in the decision process”.<ref>{{cite news|title=Patients are being ‘denied democracy’, claims group fighting to save Scotland's ‘last hope’ hospital|url=http://www.thenational.scot/news/patients-are-being-denied-democracy-claims-group-fighting-to-save-scotlands-last-hope-hospital.3812|accessdate=13 July 2015|publisher=The National|date=8 June 2015}}</ref>

It does not have any role in patients' complaints.

==References==

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==External links==
* [http://www.scottishhealthcouncil.org/about_us/about_us.aspx#.VaPPI6S_UYA Scottish Health Council]

Category:Health policy in the United Kingdom
Category:NHS Scotland
Category:Patient advocacy

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