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Highland Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) follows a lead agency model.

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About Highland Health and Social Care Partnership

Highland Health and Social Care Partnership (HHSCP) covers the same area as Highland Council.

The population of the area is around 238,000 people (as at mid-2021) and covers over 26,000 square kilometres, making it one of the largest and most sparsely populated council areas in the UK. Read more about geography, population and other key facts and figures - from Highland Council.

The population is broadly equally divided across urban areas, small towns, rural areas and very rural areas. Outside Inverness and the Inner Moray Firth, there are a number of key settlements around the area including Wick and Thurso in the far north, Fort William in the South West, Skye in the West, Aviemore in the South and Nairn in the East. These areas act as local service centres for the extensive rural areas which make up the majority of the region.

NHS Highland is the lead agency for Integrated Health and Social Care for Adults, while Highland Council is the lead agency for Integrated Health and Social Care for Children. There are four coterminous managerial areas for NHS Highland and Highland Council children’s services. There are also nine local Community Planning Partnerships.

The governance of the partnership is managed by the Joint Monitoring Committee which consists of the two lead agencies, representatives from the Third Sector, and independent partners, service users and carers. These partners are represented in strategic planning and governance processes.

See Highland Health and Social Care Committee meetings.

Chief Officers

Chief Officer for Health and Social Care

Pamela Stott
email pamela.cremin2@nhs.scot
phone 01349 869207

Interim Deputy Chief Officer

Jill Mitchell
email jill.mitchell2@nhs.scot

Heads of Services

Community Directorate HHSCP

Michelle Johnstone (Interim)
email michelle.johnstone2@nhs.scot
phone 01847 808559
or phone 01847 808553

Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Drug and Alcohol Recovery Services

Arlene Johnstone
email arlene.johnstone2@nhs.scot 

Primary Care

Jill Mitchell
email jill.mitchell2@nhs.scot

Area Managers

See Highland HSCP district boundaries.

Caithness, Sutherland, East Ross, Nairn and Ardersier

Christian Nicolson
email christian.nicolson@nhs.scot
phone 01847 808 554
or phone 01847 808 553 

Inverness, Badenoch and Strathspey, Mid Ross 

Sharon Hammell
email sharon.hammell2@nhs.scot

Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross, Lochaber

Karen-Anne Wilson
email karen-anne.wilson@nhs.scot
phone 07825 281 905

District Managers

See Highland HSCP district boundaries and single points of access for integrated teams in each district.

Badenoch and Strathspey

Gillian Davidson
email gillian.davidson8@nhs.scot 

Caithness

Christian Nicolson
email christian.nicolson@nhs.scot
phone 01847 808 554
or phone 01847 808 553 

East Ross

Kate Kenmure
email kate.kenmure@nhs.scot
phone 01408 664 033

Inverness

James Merriman
email nhsh.spoainvernesseastwest@nhs.scot 
phone 01463 888 333

Lochaber

Karen-Anne Wilson
email karen-anne.wilson@nhs.scot
phone 07825 281 905

Mid Ross

Kenny Rodgers
email kenny.rodgers@nhs.scot 

Nairn and Ardersier

Ros Philip
email ros.philip@nhs.scot 

Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross

Dawn Pridham
email dawn.pridham@nhs.scot 
phone 01471 822 137

Sutherland

Fiona Thomas
email fiona.thomas@nhs.scot
phone 01408 664 018

Last updated: 11 November 2024

Next review date: 9 December 2024