What is Near Me?
Attend Anywhere, branded as Near Me by most Scottish Public Sector organisations, is a web-based platform that helps health and social care providers offer video call access to their services as part of their ‘business as usual’, day-to-day operations.
Apart from internet access, all people need to use Near Me is the Chrome or Safari web browsers on a computer or mobile device. Computer users will also need a web camera (usually built into laptops) and a headset or speakers.
Service users
Service users can enter their own, individual waiting area via a link button on your website or a link you send them in an email. Once the user is in their waiting area a you can join them in a video call.
Full details of the system can be found on the Attend Anywhere Resource Centre.
Training
We have a growing selection of training videos here. Please watch them before attending any of the drop in sessions.
We are also running a series of drop-in information sessions which you can attend. These will give an opportunity to ask questions related to using Near Me. Please watch the training videos before coming along for a drop-in session.
The schedule for drop-in sessions is below, paste the Teams link into your web browser at the appropriate time to attend.
Schedule of training sessions
| Day | Date | Time | Drop in Session Type (Duration 25 mins) | Link to Join Session MS Teams |
| Thursday | 10th Sep | 3pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Friday | 11th Sep | 11am | Attend Anywhere Local Admin | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Tuesday | 15th Sep | 3pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Wednesday | 16th Sep | 4pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Wednesday | 23rd Sep | 4pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Thursday | 24th Sep | 3pm | Attend Anywhere Local Admin | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Tuesday | 6th Oct | 4pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Thursday | 8th Oct | 3pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
| Thursday | 15th Oct | 3pm | Attend Anywhere Service Provider/Clinician | Join Microsoft Teams Meeting |
Additional Resources
There are some additional training and information resources:
NearMe YouTube channel with various case usage scenarios