Contact us
NSS does not handle patient queries regarding local NHS services. We provide primarily business services to the NHS and others. If you are a patient, please contact your local health board for assistance.
Service contacts
Find the relevant contact for NSS services you are interested in.
NHS patient enquiries
Alternatively, NHS Inform deals with illnesses, tests, treatments, operations, and answers to commonly asked health questions. NHS 24 provides self-help information. We also have some other useful links for patients.
NSS feedback, comments, concerns & complaints
For NSS enquiries, please fill in our form. Please note that NSS does not treat patients. Patients should consult NHS Inform. If your complaint is about your GP or treatment you have received in an NHS hospital please contact your NHS Board (external link).
If you are looking for a summary of feedback, comments, concerns and complaints, our annual report is available to view online. If you would like to read any of our previous annual reports, contact our mailbox (NSS.feedback@nhs.net).
Alternative contact for NSS feedback and complaints
- Email: NSS.feedback@nhs.net
- Text relay: 18001 0131 274 7457 (Mon–Thu 8am-5pm, Fri 8am-4pm)
Commissioning NSS services
Media enquiries
Data Protection
NSS does not hold patient health records. However, like all NHSScotland bodies, we do gather and use personal information to provide more effective health services. The Data Protection Act 1998 protects your rights in relation to the way we do this.
Find out how we use your personal information, how to access your personal information, or you can ask us a question or report a concern about data protection.
Freedom of Information
You have the right to request information from any publicly-funded body, including NSS.
FOI requests are not about your personal information, for example your medical records. See above for data protection information regarding that information.
Join us
Thinking of starting a career with NSS? There’s a wide range of roles at every level, from blood services to logistics to project management. Or maybe you’re interested in volunteering? If so, there are many ways you can get involved. Find out more about working for NSS.
Our workforce plan is also available to view.
Download our workforce plan (PDF 114KB)