Community Health Partnership

Community Health Partnerships, known as CHPs (pronounced Chips) are subdivisions of Health Boards in Scotland.

CHPs typically are co-terminous with council areas and represent a district or area within one of the 14 Scottish Health Board regions. However, this is not always strictly the case (see below).

The two Lanarkshire CHPs are co-terminous with the North and South Lanarkshire council boundaries and, as a result, incorporate some population from NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde as well as the NHS Lanarkshire catchment area. The North Lanarkshire CHP includes a population of approximately 16,500 from the Chryston, Moodiesburn, Muirhead and Stepps districts of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

The South Lanarkshire CHP includes a population of approximately 55,000 from the Cambuslang and Rutherglen areas of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

The following council areas each contain several CHPs: City of Glasgow, Fife, Highland.

CHPs have four roles within their locality:

To deliver primary care services, including community mental health and sexual health services
To work with social services to provide social care
To promote health improvement
To influence strategic planning, including the primary-secondary care interface

List of Community Health Partnerships

Note: In some areas, CHPs are known as Community Health and Care Partnerships (CHCPs).

East Ayrshire CHP
North Ayrshire CHP
South Ayrshire CHP
Scottish Borders CHCP
Dumfries and Galloway CHP
Dunfermline and West Fife CHP (Within Fife Council Area)
Glenrothes and North East Fife CHP (Within Fife Council Area)
Kirkcaldy and Levenmouth CHP (Within Fife Council Area)
Clackmannanshire CHP
Falkirk CHP
Stirling CHP
Aberdeen City CHP
Aberdeenshire CHP
Moray Community Health & Social Care Partnership (MCHSCP)
East Dunbartonshire CHP
East Renfrewshire CHCP
Glasgow City CHP - North East Sector
Glasgow City CHP - North West Sector
Glasgow City CHP - South Sector
Inverclyde CHP
Renfrewshire CHP
West Dunbartonshire CHP
Argyll and Bute CHP
Highland CHP - Mid Sector
Highland CHP - North Sector
Highland CHP - South East Sector
North Lanarkshire CHP
South Lanarkshire CHP
East Lothian CHP
Edinburgh CHP
Midlothian CHP
West Lothian CHCP
Orkney CHP
Shetland CHP
Angus CHP
Dundee CHP
Perth and Kinross CHP
Western Isles CHP

List of Community Health Partnerships

Further reading