Links

Digital Health and Care Services

New mental health support In addition to the support outlined in Update no.1, the new investment includes funding to expand of the Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) programme to help people in distress, and the launch of a new mental health marketing campaign.

Video Enabled Services – Near Me – Guidance Documents and Patient-Facing website.

Video Enabled Services – Near Me –BBC News Coverage 20.04.2020

Remote GP consultations being escalated – press release on NHS Near Me

Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Directorate response to COVID-19 – expanding video enabled services NHS Near Me

Updated COVID-19 resources on Young Scot – advice on health, wellbeing, staying safe in-person and online and coping with conflict.

Scottish Social Services Council – Guidance to help social workers respond to COVID-19

European Commission adopts recommendation to support COVID-19 exit strategies through mobile data and apps.

ORCHA – Free COVID-19 Health & Care App Formulary and Free Recommendation Tool for 3 months.

YooToo – Caring for unpaid carers. YooToo is a collaborative care app aimed at providing support for those caring for someone older, ill or disabled. Designed in collaboration with funding from the Scottish Government’s Innovation Fund.

CHAS Launches the UK’s First Virtual Children’s Hospice to support children with life-shortening conditions and their families during the coronavirus crisis.

Digital Telecare for Scottish Local Government COVID-19 Telecare Service Continuity Guidance

A new national helpline is being set up to provide essential assistance to those who don’t have a network of support but who are at high risk of contracting COVID-19.

WHO launches a chatbot on Facebook Messenger to combat COVID-19 misinformation

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Learning

How to self measure your own Blood Pressure (BP)

National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published its first rapid guidelines and evidence reviews on the pandemic.

Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh COVID-19 Conversations podcast. Presenting the latest guidance and advice on COVID-19.

BMJ COVID-19 Learning Hub. Free access to relevant courses.

NHS Education for Scotland TURAS Learn COVID-19 site. Includes sections for people working in community settings, people’s homes and care homes.

Training resources on remote consulting are now available via NHS Education for Scotland: https://learn.nes.nhs.scot/28943/coronavirus-covid-19/remote-consulting

Digital Tools

COVID-19 Ontario Self Assessment Tool