About Us

The Highland Community Care Partnership is made up of Highland Council and NHS Highland. The primary function of these organisations in the area of community care is to design and arrange the provision of care and support  for people in line with their needs.

The Scottish Government wants us all to help build a more successful country with opportunity for all of Scotland to flourish.

What they aim to achieve is set out in 15 national outcomes. Housing, Social Work and Health services work together to contribute to a number of them. These include helping people live longer healthier lives, tackling inequality and strengthening public services.

At a local level the Single Outcome Agreement (SOA) is an agreement between the Scottish Government and the Highland Community Planning Partnership (HCPP) which sets out how Highland’s public agencies will work together to contribute to these national outcomes.

In Community Care the SOA has set some important targets. For example:

• Offering help to more older people in their own homes
• Offering more intensive support at home
• Using new technologies more often to deliver care in smarter ways.

Meeting these targets provide an important role for Highland's Community Care Partnership and will play an important part in delivering positive outcomes for the Highland community.