Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust is now offering online video consultations to our patients in a number of our outpatient services, where your doctor or nurse has identified you as suitable for this type of appointment.
We recognise that travelling to a hospital appointment is not always convenient and can sometimes be costly and time consuming. Video consultations provide an alternative way to attend your hospital appointment, without the inconvenience of travel. Therefore, if you do not need an investigation, blood test or physical examination, your clinician may offer you a video consultation.
‘Attend Anywhere’ (a secure NHS video call service) has been bought nationally by NHS Improvement to ensure patients continue to receive the care they need during the COVID-19 pandemic. If you would like to know more about how NHS England and the Department of Health process your Personal Data please visit: https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhse-nhsi-privacy-notice/joint/ .
Attend Anywhere is for patients with pre-arranged appointment times only. You can use Attend Anywhere on a PC, Mac or an iOS/Android device, using a Google Chrome (for PC/Mac/all mobile devices)/Apple Safari (for Macs and iOS devices) browser. Attend Anywhere will not work on Internet Explorer. Download Google Chrome or Safari for free.
To find out more about attending your video appointment using Attend Anywhere, please read our Video Consultations FAQs Sheet and watch a short video on how to use it:
If you have agreed to attend a video call appointment, you will receive an appointment letter as normal, with the time and date of the appointment and the name of the video call service you will be attending.
There are a few things that we ask that you to do, in advance, to prepare for this:
Getting started:
Accessing your video call:
Patients and healthcare professionals are positive about our video consultations:
“It’s really easy to use Attend Anywhere and join a video consultation. You get sent the link, open the internet, enter your name and start the call. I really can’t see any disadvantages.”
“If the option of a video call wasn't there I think I would have struggled to keep up with the sessions on a regular basis.”
"It has the advantage over the telephone that we can see each other and read facial and body language cues. It negates the need for the patient (or the therapist) to travel - an important factor when working with patients with long-term physical health conditions."
For more information about Attend Anywhere and how to use it, please click the following links:
https://youtu.be/o-64JK4nLuE
https://youtu.be/6IzAg0SHKFo
Our staff at Salisbury District Hospital have long been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment they provide for our patients and for their innovation, commitment and professionalism. This has been recognised in a wide range of achievements and it is reflected in our award of NHS Foundation Trust status. This is afforded to hospitals that provide the highest standards of care.