Argyll and Bute Joint Strategic Plan Consultation

Why are we consulting?

Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is developing a new Joint Strategic Plan for 2026 – 2031. We will be consulting with communities, partners, and stakeholders between 10 October and 10 January 2025. Through this engagement with you, we will build on the Draft Joint Strategic Plan to jointly produce the final proposed version.

Integration Joint Boards (IJBs) are required to create a Joint Strategic Plan (JSP). This is a high level plan of how the IJB will manage and deliver health and social care services using the resources and budgets they control. They must review and update this plan at least once every three years.

We will communicate in person, online and through press during this period but you can register or subscribe on this hub to keep up to date with how this consultation is progressing.

Our proposed priorities:

• Priority 1: Preventative and Community Based Care
• Priority 2: Integrated and Person Centred Care
• Priority 3: Financial and System Sustainability
• Priority 4: Healthy and Engaged Workforce
• Priority 5: Access and Tackling Health Inequality
• Priority 6: Digital Transformation

The final documents from the consultation will be an Integrated Impact Assessment, and a final draft Joint Strategic Plan for submission to the Integration Joint Board in March 2026.

How will we update you?

The outcomes of the consultation, the impact assessment and draft plan will be presented to the Integration Joint Board public meeting on 25 March 2026 and will be available to view from 18 March 2026 as public papers.

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Argyll & Bute Health and Social Care Partnership is a partnership between Argyll & Bute Council and NHS Highland working together to deliver health and social care services in Argyll & Bute.