Lothian Hospital at Home (H@H) Teams
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:
Edinburgh/East Lothian/Midlothian Residents:
Flow Centre: Option 1 then Option 4
West Lothian Residents:
Telephone: 0150 652 4149 / 07811710633
Referral Criteria:
- Resident of Locality (Edinburgh/East Lothian/West Lothian/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 contact the relevant 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.
