About the Partnership
The Shetland Health and Social Care Partnership manage community health and care services, providing a closer partnership between health care, social care and hospital-based services.
Shetland Health and Social Care Partnership covers:
- Adult Social Work (inc. Adult Social Work, Carers)
- (Criminal) Justice Social Work
- Community Care Resources (eg. Care@Home, Care Homes)
- Adult Services (eg. Learning Disability Services, Additional Support Needs, Respite Services)
- Allied Health Professionals (eg. Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Dietetics, Orthotics, Physiotherapy, Speech Language Therapy)
- Primary Care (eg. GPs, Optometrists)
- Community Nursing (e.g. District Nursing, General Practice Nursing, Advanced Practice Nursing, Non-Doctor Island Nursing, Specialist Nursing, Intermediate Care Team)
- Dental/Oral Health
- Pharmacy and Prescribing
- Mental Health (eg. Mental Health, Substance Misuse, Dementia services, Talking Therapies)
- As well as aspects of Acute services (hospitals) relating to unscheduled care, renal, and services in regards to sexual health and health improvement.
We are working together to support our community