NHS Ayrshire and Arran
| NHS Ayrshire and Arran | |
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| Bòrd SSN Siorrachd Inbhir Àir agus Eilean Arainn | |
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| Made foundation | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Ayr |
| Region served | |
| Population | 400,000 |
| Type | NHS board |
| Hospitals | Ayr |
| Chief Exec | John G. Burns |
| Website | www |
NHS Ayrshire and Arran (Template:Gaelic:) is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 2004.
It has a responsibility to provide health and social care to almost 400,000 people with an operating budget of around £700 million (for 2013-2014).
The health board has almost 6,000 staff working in their hospitals, and almost 2,500 staff working in the community.
It is also responsible for the care provided by:
In May 2015 only 88% of patients attending the Boards A&E departments were seen within the four-hour target. This was the worst performance of all the Scottish health boards.
The Health and Social Care Partnership in Ayrshire and Arran established three community wards to manage high-risk patients with heart problems and diabetes in 2016. This reduced emergency hospital admissions by 40% in the first six months of operation.
Nicola McIvor, catering production & services manager, was awarded Caterer of the Year in April 2017 at the annual Hospital Caterers Association awards. The production and services department won the Staff, Health and Wellbeing award.
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