Near Me

The Scottish Government Near Me programme aims to provide the people of Scotland the choice to attend health, care and other appointments via video call where appropriate.

Near Me to support student learning

Near Me is used to enable health and care students across a variety of academic institutions to achieve their learning outcomes. Students use Near Me to join clinicians seeing patients during in person consultations to take part in "authentic conversations". Students also interact with "volunteer" patients during consultation scenarios using Near Me. Practice based learning opportunities are also undertaken during the "remote" elements of a student placement.

Evidence Base

The published evidence to support the use of video consultation continues to grow.

Clinical outcomes

Primary Care: Eddie Donaghy, Helen Atherton, et al. Acceptability, benefits, and challenges of video consulting: a qualitative study in primary care. J Gen Pract 2019; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp19X704141

Near Me in Dentistry

By marc.beswick, Fri, 30/12/2022

Near Me has been used in Dentistry both at a trainee level and in practice.

Near Me has also been used on the island of Tristan da Cunha more than 6,400 miles from Scotland and the most remote inhabited community on earth. Read about this here

Near Me Groups within the Allied Health Professions

By marc.beswick, Mon, 17/10/2022

Webinar: Near Me Groups within Allied Health Professions. 6th October 2022

This webinar is an opportunity to hear from clinicians using Near Me Groups within Allied Health Professions

Near Me Groups in Mental Health

By hazel.archer, Tue, 04/10/2022

This webinar is an opportunity to hear from clinicians using Near Me Groups in Mental Health

Social Work Progress Report 2021

By hazel.archer, Tue, 26/07/2022

Guidance for Near Me Video Groups

By hazel.archer, Thu, 26/05/2022

Information on how to set up and deliver Group Consultations on Near Me

Incorporating Speech to Text as part of a Near Me appointment.

By Ken.Monaghan, Fri, 18/03/2022

Near Me Test Call checklist

By Ken.Monaghan, Tue, 22/02/2022

This checklist is designed to help you when supporting a caller in a test call prior to a consultation or a group starting.

Consult Now

If you want to see someone immediately, perhaps moving up from a telephone consultation, you can use the Consult Now feature. If Consult Now is turned on for the waiting area, you will see a separate tab. From here you can invite a caller to join you, this sends a link via email or text to the caller. With just a few clicks they are brought directly into the video call with you bypassing the normal waiting area.