Service Status
Philips Dragon Dictation and Near Me
Edge and Chrome version 101 onwards have stopped Philips/Dragon Digital Dictation devices (USB) from being able to be used for Near Me or other WebRTC
Planned Maintenance
Near Me Release r96.2
A hotfix to resolve a rare problem affecting Waiting Area tile updates after transfers of callers from one Waiting Area to another will take place
Near Me platform update R97
We expect the next platform update to be deployed on the 4th of March 2026 and will update this post once we have confirmation. The
MFA for NHS Scotland Waiting Areas
The next platform update, due late February 2026, will see Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) added to all NHS Scotland staff using the Near Me service. MFA
Other News
Webinar – Near Me and Dietetics 29th October
Induction, the provider of the Attend Anywhere platform upon which the Near Me service currently runs, is hosting a webinar that will explore innovative approaches
Hardware video conferencing service shut down
As of the end of July 2024, the last of the NHS Scotland standards-based video conferencing units have been converted to USB, replaced with USB
Speech to Text
Please see our latest guide on some Speech to Text possibilities for use with Near Me calls.