Founded in 1948 and headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) is a Non Departmental Public Body which provides advice and services to the rest of NHS Scotland. Accountable to the Scottish Government, NSS works at the core of the health service, providing national strategic support services and advice to NHS Scotland. It also plays an active role in the delivery of healthcare to patients and the public.
Spire Healthcare is a leading, independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 60 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. Working in partnership with over 8,800 experienced consultants, Spire Healthcare delivered tailored, personalised care to over 1.36 million inpatients, outpatients and day case patients, and workplace health clients, in 2025. It is the leading private provider, by volume, of knee and hip operations in the United Kingdom.
We operate a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 1,400 employers. We also delives a range of private, NHS and employer-funded mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services, and are the largest independent provider of NHS talking therapies in England.
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We are a long-standing practice with a central and convenient location near the main shopping precinct. We have a number of principles that help guide our practice: We aim to be accessible, patient focused and to work sustainably, within the available resources. We provide the best medical care we can, for all our patients, equally. We are committed to quality improvement; in particular through teaching, audit and research. Please note, to improve our quality and for our own training, all calls to the Health Centre are recorded.