NoSPHN successfully secured funding over 2 years (2008-2010) from the Scottish Government for 6 anticipatory care programmes in the North aligned to the national Keep Well programme. The programmes focused on practices in Dufftown (NHSG), North-West Sutherland (NHSH), NHS Orkney, NHS Shetland, across NHS Western Isles and further remote and rural practices in each of NHS Highland and NHS Grampian focussing on Healthy Weight Pathways. The overall aim was to identify the key issues that are required to make the targeting of anticipatory care working effective in remote and rural settings. Work during 2010 aimed to ensure implementation of the programmes and steady progress has been made and interventions are now being delivered through the programmes. An evaluation of Well North was completed by the end of March 2011. The Scottish Government further agreed to continue funding to enable the Well North project to be extended to 2012.
Well North Reports
Well North Evaluation Newsletter May 2011