NHS Highland is one of the fourteen regions of NHS Scotland. Geographically, it is the largest Health Board, covering an area of 32,500 km2 (12,500 sq mi) from Kintyre in the south-west to Caithness in the north-east, serving a population of 320,000 people.[3] In 2016–17 it had an operating budget of £780 million.[4] It provides prehospital care, primary and secondary care services.