{"id":597,"date":"2026-03-06T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/care-home-programme-teams\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T13:29:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T13:29:37","slug":"care-home-programme-teams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/care-home-programme-teams\/","title":{"rendered":"Care Home Programme Team"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"724\" src=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-1024x724.png\" alt=\"Care Home Programme website image\" class=\"wp-image-13933\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.4143528640139922;width:580px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-1024x724.png 1024w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-300x212.png 300w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-768x543.png 768w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-1536x1086.png 1536w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image-1520x1075.png 1520w, https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2026\/03\/Care-Home-Programme-website-image.png 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">The Care Home Programme Team was established in May 2020 and works collaboratively with Adult Care Homes and related teams across Lothian. This includes working with Health and Social Care Partnerships support teams and services &nbsp;to establish a means for escalation and oversight.<br><br>Our team consists of the <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/lothian-care-academy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lothian Care Academy (LCA)<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/ongoing-supportive-conversations-and-reflective-sessions-oscars\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OSCaRS &amp; Palliative Care<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/quality-improvement-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Quality Improvement Team for Care Homes and Primary Care Settings<\/a>.<br><br>Our work is linked to the recommendations within <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/health-care-home-healthcare-framework-adults-living-care-homes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">My Health, My Care, My Home Healthcare Framework for Adults Living in Care Homes<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.scot\/publications\/health-social-care-standards-support-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Health and Social Care Standards<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-light-accent-green-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact us:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-regular-font-size\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:400\">Should you wish to contact the Care Home Programme Team please feel free to email us at : <a href=\"mailto:loth.carehomes@nhs.scot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">loth.carehomes@nhs.scot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Page updated March 2026, AP and HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Care Home Programme Team was established in May 2020 and works collaboratively with Adult Care Homes and related teams across Lothian. This includes working with Health and Social Care Partnerships support teams and services &nbsp;to establish a means for escalation and oversight. Our team consists of the Lothian Care Academy (LCA), OSCaRS &amp; Palliative<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/mainmenuvertical.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"class_list":["post-597","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"rttpg_featured_image_url":null,"rttpg_author":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/services.nhslothian.scot\/carehomes\/author\/"},"rttpg_comment":0,"rttpg_category":false,"rttpg_excerpt":"The Care Home Programme Team was established in May 2020 and works collaboratively with Adult Care Homes and related teams across Lothian. 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