NHS Highland

NHS Highland
TypeNHS board
HeadquartersAssynt House
Beechwood Park
Inverness
IV2 3BW[1]
Region served
Hospitals
Staff8,564 (2018/19)[2]
Websitewww.nhshighland.scot.nhs.uk Edit this at Wikidata

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.

  1. ^ "General Enquiries". NHS Highland. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2019" (PDF). NHS Highland. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ "About NHS Highland". NHS Highland. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  4. ^ "NHS Highland CV". NHS Highland. Retrieved 4 September 2017.