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Coronavirus (COVID-19) - Near Me video consulting service: evaluation 2020 - main report
This report presents the findings of an external evaluation of the rapid scaling-up of the Near Me video consultation service across health and care services in Scotland during 2020, in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Appendix C: Near Me activity by specialty
| Clinical Speciality* | Number of Video Consultations |
|---|---|
| Psychiatry/Psychology | 69,834 |
| Community Mental Health | 25,042 |
| Physiotherapy | 22,909 |
| Paediatrics | 20,354 |
| Speech and Language Therapy | 14,241 |
| Community nursing and health visiting | 10,570 |
| Psychotherapy/counselling | 9,242 |
| Trauma and orthopaedic surgery | 6,492 |
| Endocrinology & Diabetes | 4,899 |
| Occupational therapy | 4,689 |
| Oncology | 4,577 |
| Neurology | 4,543 |
| Dermatology | 4,259 |
| Dietetics | 4,191 |
| Dental | 4,195 |
| Respiratory | 3,847 |
| Obstetrics and Gynaecology | 3,169 |
| Midwifery | 3,069 |
| Rehabilitation medicine | 2,877 |
| Ophthalmology | 2,352 |
| Gastroenterology | 2,846 |
| Infectious diseases | 2,720 |
| Learning disability | 2,543 |
| General surgery | 2,313 |
| Advice services | 2,177 |
| Occupational medicine | 2,083 |
| Ear, Nose & Throat | 1,863 |
| Chronic pain | 1,813 |
| Rheumatology | 1,539 |
| Prosthetic/Orthotics | 1,792 |
| Haematology | 1,460 |
| Chiropody/Podiatry | 1,406 |
| Sexual & Reproductive health | 1,190 |
| Urology | 1,149 |
| Clinical Genetics | 1,075 |
| Palliative Medicine | 962 |
| Accident and Emergency | 899 |
| Cardiology | 723 |
| Addiction services | 651 |
| Geriatric medicine | 542 |
| Clinical Radiology | 231 |
| Intensive Care Medicine | 738 |
| Pharmacy | 277 |
| Social work | 409 |
| Renal medicine | 453 |
| Neurosurgery | 363 |
| Public health | 354 |
| Sleep therapy | 252 |
| Anaesthetics | 203 |
| Cardiothoracic surgery | 154 |
| Chemical pathology | 16 |
| Total | 260,547** |
* Speciality is the grouping of services by clinical area. Health Boards may have more than one service within a particular speciality. Some specialities are delivered in both hospitals and community settings.
** Excludes activity for services that conducted less than five consultations during the data collection period, general practice and where it was not possible to determine clinical context of the consultation.
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