NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde is an

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in West Central

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, created from the amalgamation of NHS Greater Glasgow and part of

NHS Argyll and Clyde NHS Argyll and Clyde was a former Health Boards, Health Board of the Scottish NHS Scotland, National Health Service in western Scotland. It was responsible for an annual budget of £434 million, serving a population of 423,500 people. History I ...

on 1 April 2006. It is the largest health board in both Scotland, and the UK, which consists of the

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of the

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East Dunbartonshire East Dunbartonshire ( sco, Aest Dunbartanshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Bhreatainn an Ear) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north of Glasgow and contains many of the affluent areas to the north of the city, including Bea ...

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Inverclyde Inverclyde ( sco, Inerclyde, gd, Inbhir Chluaidh, , "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the hist ...

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and

West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter town ...

Health services

The board is responsible for: * 35

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* 240 GP practices (in total around 790 GPs) * 300 Community Pharmacies * 270 Dental practices * 180 Ophthalmic practices

Community Health Partnerships

Glasgow City Community Health Partnership was formed in April 2010, bringing together the five Community Health and Social Care Partnerships that had covered East Glasgow, North Glasgow, South East Glasgow, South West Glasgow and West Glasgow.

Hospitals

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(NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde section) The board is pioneering the mental health arm of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme. Since February 2014, 36 staff have left the board with settlement deals including confidentiality clauses worth a total of £754,382. The board operates two large cook freeze production units, where food is prepared, cooked and frozen. They provide 7,652 meals a day - a demand which increased during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland. They use Medstor equipment for distribution.

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* {{Authority control Organisations based in Glasgow 2006 establishments in Scotland