Current Situation. The extensive range of Health and Social Care services across Caithness are described in detail in section 2. 1. NHS Highland is the lead agency for delivery of adult social care services, a unique arrangement in Scotland. We directly manage care at home, social work, and care home services and our adult social care teams are integrated with our community health care teams. These comprise of Community Nursing, Community Mental Health, and Allied Health Professionals. Day Services are provided by NHS Highland and third sector partners. Primary care is provided by independent and salaried practitioners across eight different sites, and dental care by independent general dental practitioners and the public dental service. There is community hospital and acute hospital provision locally, with a wider range of specialist services available at the nearest District General Hospital in Inverness, over 100 miles away. There are five locations in Caithness which provide 24/7 services: • two NHS Highland run care homes (41 beds in total), Pulteney House in Wick and Bayview in Thurso; • two Community Hospitals (15 beds in total); Town and County in Wick and ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Hospital in Thurso; and • one Rural General Hospital (43 beds); Caithness General Hospital in Wick.
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