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About Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland)

Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSD Scotland) is a public organisation created in Scotland under section 10 of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 (the 1978 Act).

‘Public Services Delivery Scotland’ is the common name of the Common Services Agency for the Scottish Health Service and is one of the organisations which form part of NHS Scotland.

The NHS Scotland Finance Academy website is managed by PSD Scotland.

Find out how PSD Scotland manages and processes personally identifiable information by reading the PSD Scotland Privacy notice.

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