The Central Legal Office (CLO) is the organisation that provides NHS 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.[1]
The CLO has teams that cover Litigation, Employment, Commercial Contracts and Commercial Property.[2]
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.[3]
In 2004 it relocated from Trinity Park House to new office accommodation in Leith.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Our Services: The Central Legal Office". NHS National Services Scotland. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "CLO: About us". Central Legal Office. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ Ellison, Marc (10 December 2014). "Health boards owed £1.8m by overseas patients". BBC News. BBC. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
- ^ "Government body homes in on new Leith base". The Scotsman. 27 February 2004. Retrieved 1 January 2015.