The Central Legal Office (CLO) is the organisation that provides
NHS Scotland
NHS Scotland, sometimes styled NHSScotland, is the publicly funded healthcare system in Scotland and one of the four systems that make up the National Health Service in the United Kingdom. It operates 14 territorial NHS boards across Scotland, ...
with legal advice and assistance in every area of law relevant to the health service. It is one of the Strategic Business Units of
NHS National Services Scotland
NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is a Non Departmental Public Body which provides advice and services to the rest of NHS Scotland.
Accountable to the Scottish Government, NSS works at the heart of the health service, providing national str ...
.
The CLO has teams that cover Litigation, Employment, Commercial Contracts and Commercial Property.
Scottish health boards can pursue debts via the Central Legal Office, usually where patients have had non-emergency treatment but are normally resident outside the European Union.
In 2004 it relocated from Trinity Park House to new office accommodation in Leith.
References
External links
* {{Official website, https://clo.scot.nhs.uk/
NHS Scotland
Legal organisations based in Scotland