Edinburgh Hospital at Home (H@H)
Hospital at Home is a service that provides acute, hospital-level care by healthcare professionals in a home context for a condition that would otherwise require acute hospital inpatient care.
Opening Times
Weekdays: 8am-8pm
Weekends: 8am-6pm
Contact Number:
Flow Centre: Option 1 then Option 4
Referral Criteria:
- Resident of Edinburgh
- Patient/Carer/Family agree to referral
- Patient would otherwise require admission to hospital
- Safe for assessment at home or homely setting
Exclusion Criteria
- Acute stroke
- Suspected fracture
- Surgical including abdominal pain
- Cardiac chest pain
- Social Issues Only
- Acute Asthma
- Suspected DVT/PTE
All referrals considered on a case-by-case basis. If unsure, please ask the Flow Centre to put you through to the Edinburgh H@H team
Other Information
Please do not send a SCI Gateway referral unless the referral has already been accepted as the team may not see it and the referral will not be acted on.
When the referral has been accepted after discussion with Flow Centre / H@H then the referral pathway is: Liberton Hospital > Geriatric Medicine > Basic Sign Referral
See above for Referral Criteria and Exclusion Criteria
All referrals considered on a case-by-case basis. If unsure, please ask the Flow Centre to put you through to the Edinburgh H@H team
How to refer:
Referrals are by phone in the first instance: Call Flow Centre: Option 1 then Option 4
Please do not send a SCI Gateway referral unless the referral has already been accepted as the team may not see it and the referral will not be acted on.
When the referral has been accepted after discussion with Flow Centre / H@H then the referral pathway is: Liberton Hospital > Geriatric Medicine > Basic Sign Referral
