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Orkney Health and Care

Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership

Orkney Health and Care’s web page is hosted on Orkney Islands Council website, it can be found by clicking the link below:

Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership 

The Vision for Health and Social Care Integration

Ensuring better care and support for people where users of health and social care services can expect to be listened to, to be involved in deciding upon the care they receive and to be an active participant in how it is delivered. This will result in better outcomes for people, enabling them to enjoy better health and wellbeing in their homes and communities.

The Partnership

Orkney Health and Social Care Partnership, (Orkney HSCP) is a partnership between NHS Orkney and Orkney Islands Council. The Partnership aims to improve and develop social care, community health and wellbeing. We want to provide the best possible care for people in Orkney, wherever they live and whatever their circumstances.

The Orkney HSCP has, to date, been responsible for the delivery of the full range of NHS Orkney’s community based health services and the Council’s social work and social services, for all age groups and service user groups since 2011, under joint management arrangements. The Partnership has continued to be accountable to both NHS Orkney and the Council for the effective delivery of these services through the Integration Joint Board.

Integration Joint Board (IJB)

The Integration Joint Board became legally responsible for the effective delivery of a large range of services within health and social care in April 2016. The membership of the IJB is largely prescribed by the Scottish Government in terms of numbers and the organisations that they represent. The members of the IJB can be found here.

  • Click here for a full list of delegated services.

More IJB pages can be accessed from the 'More pages in this section' menu. Relevant documents and links can be accessed from the 'Related Downloads' and 'Related Links' sections of this page.

Contact Us

If you would like more information about health and social care integration or you would like to share your thoughts with us then please contact us by email or call 01856 873535.

Address: OHAC, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY.

Integration Joint Board (IJB) Data Protection Officer

Please note the IJB's Data Protection Officer is based at Orkney Islands Council and the contact details are noted below:

Address: Integration Joint Board’s Data Protection Officer, Legal and Governance Services, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY

Email the Data Protection Officer or call 01856 873535

Getting in touch

We shall be delighted to hear from you, so here are the various ways of contacting us:

The Balfour

By telephone to:
01856 888100
(during office hours)

01856 888000
(out of hours)

By e-mail to:
ORK.feedback@nhs.scot

By letter to the address below:

Foreland Road
Kirkwall
Orkney
KW15 1NZ