Learning from other areas
Case studies and blogs
Healthcare Improvement Scotland have worked with boards and HSCPs to share different experiences of developing, operating and receiving Hospital at Home care. These stories are shared below.
Case Studies
Blogs
A helping hand to be treated at home – Shirley MacKenzie
Shirley MacKenzie’s mother, Agnes, was able to spend her final months in her own house, thanks to Hospital at Home. Here, Shirley tells us in her own words how much it meant that her mum was able to have her final wish of a peaceful death at home. Read more
A day in the life of a Hospital At Home nurse – Richard Wells-Holland
Hospital At Home is a service gradually growing across Scotland and Healthcare Improvement Scotland is helping NHS boards establish and develop their services. But what is it like to deliver such a service? How does it work? NHS Lanarkshire Hospital At Home nurse Richard Wells-Holland explains a typical day. Read more
The many reasons to love Hospital At Home – Dr Claire Steel
Dr Claire Steel ended up in Hospital At Home by accident. A snowboarding accident to be precise. But she quickly became a convert to the benefits it brings to patients. As our organisation’s ihub works with NHS boards across Scotland to establish more Hospital At Home services, Claire explains why every NHS board should introduce Hospital At Home as part of the service they provide to people requiring acute care. Read more
How Hospital At Home is changing outcomes for patients – Claire Ritchie
NHS Lanarkshire started out on a journey to deliver Hospital At Home to patients 10 years ago. As our organisation continues to work with NHS boards to introduce Hospital At Home, Claire Ritchie explains the journey she went on to develop the service with Graham Ellis and Trudi Marshall from NHS Lanarkshire, and the huge importance of people seeing the service in action to fully understand the benefits it brings. Read more
Examples from existing services
Teams from across Scotland and the UK have shared the locally developed resources below in the hopes that they could help you with your service. In the list you will find examples of guidelines, algorithms, job descriptions, frameworks and SOPs.
These resources have been shared as they were useful to the team when they were developed though may now be out of date. They have been shared as the information in them may be useful for newer teams to build on and adapt to their local context. We aim to continually build on this section so if you have locally developed resources you are happy to share, please contact a member of the team (his.livingwell@nhs.scot).
Thank you to all of the teams who have shared their resources to date.
- Guy's & St Thomas' Acuity and Dependency Tool
- NHS Lothian - Antimicrobial Policy
- NHS Lothian - H@H Heart Failure Guide
- JIT Competency Skills Development Hospital at home
- Dundee DECS-A Referral Criteria
- NHS Lanarkshire Care Home DVT SOP
- NHS Lanarkshire Community Visits SOP
- NHS Lanarkshire Co-ordinator role with UHM
- NHS Lanarkshire Co-ordinator SOP
- NHS Lanarkshire H@H Service SOP
- NHS Lanarkshire List of SOPs
- NHS Lanarkshire Safety Brief
- NHS Lothian Service SOP - Policy IOPS
- NHS Western Isles HaH Coordinator Job Description
- West Lothian HSCP REACT Hub criteria
- West Lothian HSCP SOP REACT
- Aberdeenshire HSCP Continuous Improvement Officer Job Profile
- East Lothian HSCP Band 5 Job Description
- East Lothian HSCP Band 6 Job Description
- East Lothian HSCP Band 7 ANP Job Description
Learning sessions
Here you will find recordings and summary reports from learning sessions focusing on themes such as staffing, governance and technology. Each session includes presentations from existing and developing teams and has a wealth of useful information.
Flash Reports
- Starting your service learning flash report
- Leadership learning session flash report
- Governance learning session flash report
- Staffing learning session flash report
- Working with other services learning session flash report
- Technology learning session flash report
- Decision making and care planning learning flash report
Recordings
- Starting your service learning session recording
- Leadership learning session recording
- Governance learning session recording part 1
- Governance learning session recording part 2
- Staffing learning session recording
- Working with other services learning session recording
- Technology learning session recording
- Decision making and care planning learning session recording
For further information please contact the Living Well in Communities Team on his.livingwell@nhs.scot.