Site announcement

Thank you for your patience over the last week. Most issues identified following deployment of our new site have been resolved. However, if you do experience a problem click here to read our solution FAQs.

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership

About Argyll and Bute HSCP

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership shares the same boundary as Argyll and Bute Council. The population is around 85,000.

Argyll and Bute Integration Joint Board (IJB) is the public body that has strategic oversight and direction of the integrated services across Argyll and Bute. Through the Health and Social Care Partnership, NHS Highland ensures the safe and effective delivery of the healthcare services in partnership with Argyll and Bute Council social care services. This is supported by a partnership integration scheme determining the partnership agreements. All NHS services are delegated to the Argyll and Bute IJB.

The Argyll and Bute area is divided into four Localities:

Bute and Cowal
Helensburgh and Lomond
Mid Argyll, Kintyre and Islay
Oban, Lorn and the Isles (including Lorn and Islands Rural General Hospital in Oban)

Argyll and Bute HSCP also manages its own corporate services.

In May 2022, Argyll and Bute IJB approved a three year Joint Strategic Plan and Joint Strategic Commissioning Strategy which establishes the vision, strategic objectives and priorities, setting out the strategic direction for how health and social care services will be shaped in the coming years.

There are a number of areas where Argyll and Bute IJB works with NHS Highland collaboratively. These are detailed and planned each year as part of an Annual Delivery Plan.

The operational management of the HSCP is delivered by the Senior Leadership Team (SLT).