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 Attend Anywhere Resource Centre (login required).
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:
In February 2021, a joint programme between the Scottish Governmentâs Office of the Chief Social Work Advisors and the Near Me team within Technology Enabled Care, Digital Health and Care Directorate, was established to support the rollout of the Near Me video calling platform to deliver care reviews to care home residents.
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: