NHS 24
Provides health information and self care advice to the people of Scotland.
Services
Advocacy – someone to speak on your behalf
If you need help expressing your views when attending health appointments, you can get an independent advocate.
Apply for a medical certificate review
You have the right to ask for an 'interested person review' if you have questions or concerns about a family member's cause of death.
Becoming a carer
Get support if you're new to your caring role.
Care equipment and adapting your home
Technology that helps you live safely and independently in your own home.
Care homes
Get help finding a place in a care home.
Care you can get at home
Get help at home from your local council or from private home care.
Complain about an NHS service
Information on how to complain about an NHS service, such as a hospital, GP or dentist.
Complain or feedback about care
Find out how to make complaints and feedback about care services.
Financial assessments for care
If you need care services that have a charge, the council will carry out a financial assessment to decide what you need to pay.
Help if you're leaving hospital
You can get help if you're in hospital and need extra support when you go home, or if you need to move into a care home.
Help with mental health
Support if you have a mental health problem such as depression, schizophrenia or anxiety.
How care is regulated
Find out how standards of care are inspected in Scotland.
How to report a possible abuse of your human rights
If you feel your human rights have been abused, there are many ways you can report it.
If someone dies outside Scotland
The steps you must take when someone dies outside Scotland or abroad – register a death, post-mortems, funerals and support.
Local carer centres
Find practical support, advice and information for carers.
Organ donation
How to register as an organ donor and join the NHS Organ Donor Register.
Personal and nursing care
Personal and nursing care may be an option if you need support to live comfortably and safely at home.
Register with a doctor
How to find and register with a local doctor (GP).
Register with an NHS dentist
How to register with an NHS dentist and what to expect as an NHS dental patient.
Staying safe in winter weather
Information on keeping safe during winter weather. Includes travelling, grit bins, loss of utilities, frozen or burst pipes and snow and flooding.
Support and training for carers
Support organisations that offer practical advice and support for carers.
What to do when someone dies
The steps you must take when someone dies – register a death, the procurator fiscal, funerals and bereavement support.
Young carers: support
If you're a young carer or a young adult carer, you can get help, advice and support.
Your rights as someone needing care
Find out about your rights as someone needing care.
