Notification of Changes

It is important that information on the Hub is kept up to date. Therefore, going forward, if you anticipate making any changes to the various services or resources you provide that are referenced on the Hub please inform PRoMIS via the email: [email protected] . Content will be routinely reviewed every two weeks – around the 1^st and 15^th of the month; if an  important or significant change needs to be made outside this cycle, please notify PRoMIS by email.   For verification purposes, changes should ideally be submitted by you as the organisation’s Wellbeing Lead or by your nominee whose designation and contact details should be clearly indicated in the email.

Technical and ‘snagging’ issues

All the technical / snagging issues reported to us have now been addressed / resolved. Some technical issues are beyond our control due to the different internet platforms / browsers being used across organisations. Some browsers such as Internet Explorer are no longer supported by Microsoft, so some people may have difficulty with access. We are advised that access is possible via the Chrome and Edge browsers.  Please contact ask your organisation’s Head of IT / Digital Services to ensure that access to the PRoMIS National Wellbeing Hub www.promis.scot is unblocked. When promoting the site to your staff please highlight that it is designed to be accessible via any device – desktop, tablet and mobile.

Proactive engagement of the Hub and resources

A number of key resources have been made available to the Wellbeing Hub by commercial companies at no cost for the benefit of health and social care staff and carers.  Amongst these are two Apps and on-line programmes  – Sleepio (an evidence based sleep improvement programme) and Daylight that addresses anxiety as ways of improving general wellbeing. You can view them on the Hub.

We are keen to proactively raise awareness of Sleepio and Daylight amongst health and social care staff (and carers) in the context of the experience of NHS England: an email sent to all staff with information about all of the apps available to them led to a significant uptake of these resources. We would be keen to hear the views of Wellbeing Champions in implementing this proactive approach (i.e. an email to staff) across the health and social care organisations in Scotland.       

Background information on the Hub

1. Brand Logo

The PRoMIS logo, attached, is a double arc of two concentric semi-circles, that creates an iconic, simplified rainbow graphic that references the rainbow paintings and drawings hung in windows to encourage and support essential workers during the 2020 Coronavirus lockdown.

The PRoMIS Visual Identity is made up of the logotype (the letters), and the logo (the graphic element). Together these elements form the primary identity for the National Wellbeing Hub.

2. The Hub’s central theme

The central theme of the Hub is You look after us so we’ll look after you and the wide-ranging content centres around both on this and on Psychological First Aid. The content is aimed at encouraging people in health and social care services, wherever they work, and unpaid carers, to look after themselves and seek help seek when they need it. It contains information on (evidence-based) resources to enable them self-care and the most comprehensive information on services available (e.g. helplines, peer support) at national, regional and local levels.

Monitoring and continuous improvement

The Hub has built-in analytics’ that allow us to gather anonymous information on the roles of people accessing the website and their sector / workplace, and information on users, new and returning users, page views, session time etc.

The Hub also has a built-in feedback mechanism (comments) to capture the views of users accessing the site. This is to ensure the site is updated and its content is relevant to the needs of people working in various roles within health and social care as the pandemic progresses.

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Scottish Ballet has developed some resources for social care staff to look after their physical and mental wellbeing. Details of this can be found in the flyer below. 

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​HPS has created this interim guidance to aid NHS Board colleagues, care home providers and others interpret and implement this extended testing policy. The main purpose of this health protection guidance is to identify what is required to achieve the greatest potential reduction in the risk of transmission of the virus within primarily all forms of residential care home settings for the elderly, in the shortest possible time. The advice is therefore written from a clinical perspective and reflects a consensus on which health protection measures are likely to be the most effective in achieving the maximum reduction in the risk of infection, most quickly.

In particular, this guidance has been produced to assist NHS Board Health Protection teams (HPTs) and care home providers to manage COVID-19 PCR test positive residents and staff, especially asymptomatic test positive staff. This guidance is provided as an addition to previous HPS guidance issued regarding pre-admission testing for new (or returning) care home residents.

You can access the guidance here: https://hps.scot.nhs.uk/web-resources-container/interim-guidance-on-covid-19-pcr-testing-in-care-homes-and-the-management-of-covid-19-pcr-test-positive-residents-and-staff/