East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

What East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership does

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (ELHSCP) is a statutory Integrated Joint Board established under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 and operates as part of East Lothian Council, headquartered at John Muir House, Brewery Park, Haddington, Scotland. It commissions and coordinates integrated adult health and social care services for East Lothian residents — including elderly care, disability services, mental health support, community health provision, and public health programmes — drawing jointly on East Lothian Council and NHS Lothian resources to address the problem of fragmented care delivery across NHS and local-authority boundaries.

Its service surface spans a network of in-person centers and digital portals: the Myeastlothian customer portal (integrated with the Scottish Government mygovscot/myaccount single sign-on) provides automatic form filling and case tracking; SchoolPay handles online school payments; Pay for it processes Council Tax, rents, business rates, planning fees, parking, and licenses via the ePaycapita payment engine; the Waste Collection Schedule tool enables postcode-based bin day lookup; the Customer Services Portal routes service requests including potholes, fly-tipping, and antisocial behaviour reports; and the Parking Management System administers controlled parking zones and resident permits in North Berwick and Tranent. The technology footprint is a federation of sector-standard public-sector tools rather than a unified proprietary platform.

ELHSCP operates as a publicly funded entity rather than a commercial provider; pricing is not applicable because services are free at the point of use and funded through Council Tax, National Insurance contributions, and government grants. It reports 1,001-5,000 employees, holds no patents or external investment, and pursues strategic delivery through partnerships with NHS Lothian (core), Sport Scotland and Active East Lothian (Active Schools programme), Visit East Lothian (tourism promotion), and AOC Archaeology Group (heritage support). Customer concentration is geographic by design: the sole served segment is East Lothian residents requiring health and social care access.

Name

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership

Legal name

East Lothian Council

Website

https://eastlothian.gov.uk

Company type

Public

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership is a statutory Integrated Joint Board, formed under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, that commissions and delivers integrated adult health and social care services to East Lothian residents jointly with NHS Lothian, funded through public-sector budgets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Health and Social Care Services

NAICS

Social Assistance (624), Other Individual and Family Services (62419), Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Home Health Care Services (621610)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300), Services-Health Services (8000), Services-Specialty Outpatient Facilities, Nec (8093)

akta.pro primary industry

Health Systems Strengthening & Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnerships (HLAJAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Public Health & Health Equity Organizations (BPAGACAL), Continuous Home Care (Crisis Hospice) (HSABAFAB)

Keywords

• Public health services
• Social care services
• Integrated care partnership
• Community healthcare
• Adult social care

Headquarters

HQ city

Macmerry

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) is a public sector Integrated Joint Board that delivers adult health and social care services to residents of East Lothian, Scotland. It coordinates NHS Lothian and East Lothian Council resources to provide community health services, mental health support, elderly care, disability services, and public health programs under a single integrated system.

Product overview

East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership operates as part of East Lothian Council, offering health and social care services alongside various council functions. The digital presence comprises multiple service portals: SchoolPay for school payments, Myeastlothian customer portal for general services, Pay for It payment processing, and the Waste Collection Schedule tool. These services integrate with Scottish Government systems (mygovscot/myaccount) for authentication. The organization functions as a public sector service provider rather than a product company with a unified platform architecture.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Community Health Services
• Adult Social Care Services
• Mental Health Support Services
• Elderly Care Services
• Disability Services
• Public Health Programs

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Integration2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sport ScotlandcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative between East Lothian Council and Sport Scotland for the Active Schools program, which offers school-aged children motivation and opportunities to adopt active, healthy lifestyles throughout their school years.
• NHS LothiancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIntegrated partnership for delivering health services in East Lothian, coordinating hospital services, community health, and social care under the Health and Social Care Partnership.
• Visit East LothianminorGTM or Marketing PartnerTourism promotion partnership showcasing East Lothian's attractions, events, and heritage to visitors and residents.
• Active East LothiancoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative delivering sports development, Active Schools, and Get Into Coaching programs across East Lothian.

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Integrated Care Board: English integrated care entity covering a comparable population footprint with similar integrated health-and-care commissioning responsibilities. Different legislative basis (Health and Care Act 2022 vs. Scotland's 2014 Act) but functionally analogous — useful as a cross-border structural peer.

Direct peers

• Edinburgh Health and Social Care Partnership: The City of Edinburgh IJB, also under the Public Bodies (Joint Working) Act, jointly accountable with NHS Lothian. Operates the same integrated model at larger urban scale, making it the most directly comparable structural peer despite its size differential.
• Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership: Rural/regional Scottish IJB delivering integrated health and social care in the Scottish Borders under the same statutory framework. Comparable service breadth and rural-population challenges to East Lothian.
• Fife Health and Social Care Partnership: Another Scottish IJB delivering integrated health and social care under the same Act, serving Fife residents with NHS Fife and Fife Council. Closely comparable in structure, scale, and service portfolio.
• West Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership: Another Scottish IJB within the NHS Lothian footprint, providing the same integrated health-and-social-care services to West Lothian residents under the same statutory framework. Shares parent bodies (NHS Lothian and a Lothian-region council) with the subject.
• Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership: Neighboring Scottish IJB operating under the same Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014 with the same statutory integrated health-and-social-care remit, serving a similarly sized population in Midlothian. Directly comparable in governance model, funding mechanics, and service scope.

Others

• Cosla (Convention of Scottish Local Authorities): Representative body for Scotland's 32 councils including East Lothian Council. Relevant as the policy and funding advocacy layer above the HSCP, shaping the local-authority funding envelope that determines HSCP resources.
• Social Care Institute for Excellence: UK-wide improvement body for social care practice. Comparable as an enabler/thematically related organization in the integrated-care space the HSCP occupies, though not a direct operational peer.

Broad incumbents

• NHS Lothian: The larger regional health board that serves as the NHS parent of the HSCP. Operates hospitals, acute services, and broader NHS functions across four council areas including East Lothian — directly relevant as both parent and service-delivery partner.
• Healthcare Improvement Scotland: Scottish Government–funded health and social care improvement, scrutiny, and standards body. Operates broadly across Scotland's integrated-care ecosystem including all IJBs, setting the quality and integration framework within which the HSCP operates.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ELHSCP
• Facebookfacebook.com/EastLothianCouncil/?locale=en_GB
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/east-lothian-health-and-social-care-partnership
• Instagraminstagram.com/eastlothiancouncil/?hl=en

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Investments

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