Midlothian Hospital@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
Each day (including weekends): 8am-8pm
Contact Numbers:
Flow Centre: Option 1 then Option 4
Referral Criteria:
- Resident of Midlothian
- 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 Midlothian 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.
Please send a SCI Gateway referral once your patient has been accepted as we do not have access to primary care IT systems.
The referral pathway post acceptance is: MLCH > 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 Midlothian 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.
Please send a SCI Gateway referral once your patient has been accepted as we do not have access to primary care IT systems.
The referral pathway post acceptance is: MLCH > Geriatric Medicine > Basic Sign Referral
