It was responsible for an annual budget of £434 million, serving a population of 423,500 people.
[1] In 2002 four executives resigned after a report identified serious failures in their management.
[3] A consultation began in August 2005 on proposals to redraw the boundaries of NHS Argyll and Clyde.
Its assets and liabilities and the responsibilities for delivering health services were transferred to the two successor boards, NHS Highland and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
[6] NHS Highland's boundary was changed to include the area of Argyll and Bute Council.