Welcome to the Lothian Care Home, Home Support and Social Care Webpages!
These webpages have been developed to provide information and resources to all Care Homes, home support and social care staff working in Lothian. They have been developed by staff who work for NHS Lothian and the four Health and Social Care Partnerships in consultation with organisations such as Scottish Care and with review by the Lothian Care Home Manager Reference Group.
**Please note that on this website GREEN TEXT is a weblink and
if you click on it it will take you to the related page or document**
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Latest News
Includes updates that have been issued from the Scottish Government, Public Health Scotland, NHS Lothian or Health and Social Care Partnerships.
A-Z Care Homes Website
Information on health conditions, related services, referral pathways, teams for Care Homes and other useful resources.
CHIT CHAT Newsletter
The NHS Lothian Care Home and Integrated Teams Chat newsletter is compiled by the Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings with contributions from Integrated teams.
The newsletter aims to share the work carried out by the Integrated Teams with Care Home staff. The integrated teams include:
- Health and Social Care Partnership (HCSP)
- Tissue Viability (TV)
- Health Protection Team (HPT)
- Research
- Quality Improvement (QI)
- Clinical Education Team (CET)
- Lothian Care Academy (LCA)
If you have an innovative project you would like to share in our newsletter or would like support with an improvement project please email the Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings.
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Secure Emails
For Care Homes and NHS services to communicate patient identifiable and confidential information the Care Home must have a secure email address.
To find more about how to get an NHS secured email or how to know if a Care Home has a secure email address please see the Secure Email page.
Microsoft Teams
MS Teams – Some NHS education sessions and meetings (such as PAG’s) are run virtually and will be facilitated via Microsoft Teams video calling. If you are unfamiliar with MS Teams please the guide below which details how you can download the free app and some hints and tips on using the app.
TURAS
TURAS offer a wide range of educational resources which provide guidance and support to enhance your ongoing professional development.
Some links on this website may require you to log into TURAS to view content – do not worry anyone can have a TURAS account and you can sign up using the link below
Information on this website
This website aims to be a one stop shop for information relating to Care Homes.
It is managed by the Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings and the Lothian Care Academy (Education pages) both of which come under the parent team of the Care Home Programme Team.
The information on the pages is written by the specialist team for each page. It is then either put on the website by the team themselves or uploaded by the Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings or Lothian Care Academy (Education pages).
To our knowledge all information is correct and up-to-date at the time of upload.
For more information about this process please see our About this website page
