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.Â
Practice Administrative Staff are key to offering patients the choice of a Near Me video appointment when they contact the practice. This guide will help you with the practical elements of enabling Near Me video appointments.
Webinar with panel describing how they have provided community based solutions so people can more easily access Near Me video calls near to or at home.
The caller information leaflet is available in 29 languages. Â You can download the language required from the Near Me webiste.
The equality impact assessment (EQIA) was undertaken by the Scottish Government. It assesses the potential impacts of protected characteristics, socio-economic factors, and remote and rural factors on the use of Near Me video consulting. The key benefits and barriers were:
A national public engagement exercise was held during June to August 2020, to understand the general public and health professionalsâ views on using Near Me video consulting. Â We found that:
This learning report summarises the work undertaken to date and shares lessons learned from three phases of the Near Me in Social Work Programme.
As part of the Primary Care Team Learning Together Webinar series Marc Beswick and Rachel Bourke from the Near Me team explore:
Please note that no resource pack or timing information is available for this Webinar.
This document is intended for GP out of hours settings in NHS Scotland.
Near Me video consulting can be used to enable patients to consult remotely with clinicians.
Improving the use of Near Me video consulting in GP practices. This document is intended for GP practices in NHS Scotland.
This document is intended for Near Me implementation teams in NHS boards/HSCPs.
Near Me video consulting (powered by Attend Anywhere) can be used to reduce exposure to coronavirus by enabling both patients and clinicians to consult while in isolation. It can also increase organisational resilience by protecting the workforce and enabling support to be provided from different geographical locations.
Scenarios where video consulting may be beneficial include: