Community Health Partnerships, known as CHPs are subdivisions of Health Boards in Scotland

Scotland

Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...

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CHPs typically are co-terminous with council area

Subdivisions of Scotland

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 areas designated as "council areas" which are all governed by unitary authorities designated as "councils"...

s 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

Lanarkshire

Lanarkshire or the County of Lanark ) is a Lieutenancy area, registration county and former local government county in the central Lowlands of Scotland...

 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

NHS Lanarkshire

NHS Lanarkshire is responsible for improving the health of more than 553,000 people living within the council areas of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire in Scotland. NHS Lanarkshire employs approximately 12,000 staff...

 catchment area. The North Lanarkshire CHP includes a population of approximately 16,500 from the Moodiesburn

Moodiesburn

Moodiesburn is a residential suburb located 8 miles north-east of Glasgow city centre, in the North Lanarkshire council area of Scotland. It is situated on the A80 road, between Stepps and Cumbernauld.-Landmarks:...

, Muirhead

Muirhead

Muirhead is a small suburb about 7 miles North-East of Glasgow city centre. Nearby villages and towns include Chryston, Stepps, Lenzie, Garnkirk and Gartcosh....

, Stepps

Stepps

Stepps is a small town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, on the north-eastern outskirts of Glasgow. The town consists of Stepps Village, Cardowan, Stepps Hill and Millerston...

 and Chryston

Chryston

Chryston is a village in the central belt of Scotland in the county of North Lanarkshire. Founded by James Burns Pollock, It is north of the main trunk road between Glasgow and Stirling ....

 districts of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

The South Lanarkshire CHP includes a population of approximately 55,000 from
the Cambuslang

Cambuslang

Cambuslang is a suburban town on the south-eastern outskirts of Glasgow, Scotland. It is within the local authority area of South Lanarkshire. Historically, it was a large rural Parish incorporating nearby hamlets of Newton, Flemington, and Halfway. It is known as "the largest village in...

 and Rutherglen

Rutherglen

Rutherglen is a town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. In 1975, it lost its own local council and administratively became a component of the City of Glasgow. In 1996 Rutherglen was reallocated to the South Lanarkshire council area.-History:...

 areas of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.

The following council areas each contain several CHPs: Fife

Fife

Fife is a council area and former county of Scotland. It is situated between the Firth of Tay and the Firth of Forth, with inland boundaries to Perth and Kinross and Clackmannanshire...

, City of Glasgow

Glasgow

Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom. The city is situated on the River Clyde in the country's west central lowlands...

, Highland

Highland (council area)

Highland is a council area in the Scottish Highlands and is the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute. Their councils, and those of Angus and...

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CHPs have four roles within their locality:

• To deliver primary care
  Primary care
  Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
  
   services, including community mental health
  Mental health
  Mental health describes either a level of cognitive or emotional well-being or an absence of a mental disorder. From perspectives of the discipline of positive psychology or holism mental health may include an individual's ability to enjoy life and procure a balance between life activities and...
  
   and sexual health
  Genitourinary medicine
  Genitourinary medicine is a portmanteau that includes aspects of andrology, gynecology and urology. It is primarily related to medicine dealing with sexually transmitted diseases.- References :...
  
   services
• To work with social services
  Social work
  Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
  
   to provide social care
  Social work
  Social Work is a professional and academic discipline that seeks to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of an individual, group, or community by intervening through research, policy, community organizing, direct practice, and teaching on behalf of those afflicted with poverty or any real or...
  
  
• To promote health improvement
  Health promotion
  Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization's 2005 Bangkok Charter for Health Promotion in a Globalized World as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants, and thereby improve their health"...
  
  
• To influence strategic planning, including the primary
  Primary care
  Primary care is the term for the health services by providers who act as the principal point of consultation for patients within a health care system...
  
  -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 Glasgow CHCP (Within City of Glasgow Council Area)
• East Renfrewshire CHCP
• Inverclyde CHP
• North Glasgow CHCP (Within City of Glasgow Council Area)
• Renfrewshire CHP
• South East Glasgow CHCP (Within City of Glasgow Council Area)
• South West Glasgow CHCP (Within City of Glasgow Council Area)
• West Dunbartonshire CHP
• West Glasgow CHCP (Within City of Glasgow Council Area)
• Argyll and Bute CHP
• Mid Highland CHP (Within Highland Council Area)
• North Highland CHP (Within Highland Council Area)
• South East Highland CHP (Within Highland Council Area)
• North Lanarkshire CHP
• South Lanarkshire CHP
• East Lothian CHP
• Midlothian CHP
• West Lothian CHCP
• Orkney CHP
• Shetland CHP
• Angus CHP
• Dundee CHP
• Perth and Kinross CHP
• Western Isles CHP
• Edinburgh CHP (formerly Edinburgh North CHP and Edinburgh South CHP)

Further reading

Petch, A. (2006) Health and Social Care: Establishing a Joint Future? Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press ISBN 978-1-903765739