About NHS Highland

Our staff are also important members of our communities. Our greatest asset is our workforce, and the way we go about our work comes from the values and behaviours we demonstrate on a daily basis. As a board we strive to ensure the environment is conducive to nurturing a positive culture, supported and delivered through our NHS and Social Care values.

Highland Health and Social Care Partnership

Lead agency model

Covering the same area as the Highland Council, the Partnership is made up of nine Districts. The Partnership is responsible for providing a wide range of acute care, emergency care, primary care and community-based health and social care services.

Highland Health & Social Care Partnership

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership

Corporate body model

Covering the same area as Argyll and Bute Council, The Partnership manages social care, acute, primary, community health and mental health services across the region. Much of the acute and more specialist services are provided from neighbouring NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. These services are purchased by the Partnership through formal contracts.

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership

NHS Highland management Districts and Localities

View or download a map of management Districts (Highland) and Localities (Argyll and Bute) within NHS Highland (pdf - May 2023) or view this map as an image.

Acute services

When we refer to acute services we mean specialist services, usually provided in our District Hospital (Raigmore) or our National Treatment Centre, in Inverness, or one of the Rural General Hospitals in Wick, Fort William or Oban. These services also hold some local clinics elsewhere.

Acute services can be outpatient services, for example to see a consultant, or have a specialist test, scan or treatment. Or they can require an inpatient stay, for example, for more complex operations or serious conditions. Acute services are usually accessed via a GP referral.