Caithness health and social care redesign

Caithness community pop-up hubs in 2024

Saturday 23 November, 10am to 2pm at British Legion Social Club in Thurso.

Community-led support:

get advice
find support
stay connected

Come along to find out what community services are available in your area and have a cup of tea or coffee, a cake and a chat!

Find out all about our frailty services and how some simple chair-based exercises can make all the difference to making you feel better. Learn about small aids and adaptions, and lots of other tips to help promote independence in the home.

See more details: Caithness Community Pop Up Hubs in 2024 (pdf)

Single point of access

See the single point of access contact phone and email for Caithness. One number supporting the Caithness community:

help call
frozen meal service
occupational therapy equipment
Care at Home
information about community groups and organisations
community nursing
frailty practitioner
social work
specialist nursing
physiotherapy

Caithness Local Care Model

Delivery joined-up care for Caithness:

person-centred
flexible and adaptable
effective and efficient

View this diagram as a pdf document: Caithness Local Care Model (pdf)

complex diagram showing the Caithness Local Care Model for place-based care

Community services events pop-up in Caithness

08/03/2024

NHS Highland is to host a series of community pop-up hubs within Caithness to highlight an array of community services available from a wealth of different organisations.

New Community Rehabilitation service launches in Caithness

20/02/2024

A new NHS Highland community facility designed to enable people to rehabilitate locally and avoid a hospital stay was officially opened in Wick today by Councillor Raymond Bremner, Leader of Highland Council.

Update on Caithness redesign

09/02/2024

The Scottish Government announced last month that funding for all NHS construction projects was to be paused for at least two years.

New phone service will help people make the first call the right call for community health and social care assistance in Caithness

01/08/2023

People in Caithness will be able to access all community-based health and social care services using a single dedicated phone number.

NHS Highland confirms design team for Wick and Thurso Community Hubs

21/06/2023

The reshaping of health and social care services across Caithness by NHS Highland has taken another major step forward with the appointment of a design team.

NHS Highland appoints Balfour Beatty to lead key redesign projects

11/04/2023

NHS Highland is pleased to confirm that Balfour Beatty Plc has been appointed as the Principal Supply Chain Partner for the Lochaber and Caithness General Hospital redesign projects.

Workshop helps shape future of health and social care in Caithness

20/03/2023

Senior NHS Highland officials and clinical experts have met in Wick to discuss the development of the major redesign of health and social care services across Caithness which will include two new Community hubs and Care Villages in Wick and Thurso.

Pop-up hubs will highlight community-led services available in Caithness

14/03/2023

The first in a fresh series of drop-in events aimed at helping put people around Caithness in touch with local community-led support and advice services will be held in Keiss next week.

Caithness residents have opportunity to help shape community spaces

17/02/2023

Caithness residents have the chance to shape the future use of four local spaces.

Major step forward for Caithness General Hospital refurbishment plans

21/02/2023

Plans to refurbish and reconfigure Caithness General Hospital, in Wick, are expected to take a major step forward next month, with the appointment of a Principal Supply Chain Partner (PSCP) to carry out the design and construction work.

Preferred site confirmed for new Wick care hub as part of Caithness health and social care services redesign

20/02/2023

A site in the Noss area of Wick has been confirmed by NHS Highland as the preferred location for a new Community Hub and Care Village.

First Here For Caithness event proves to be a success

09/06/2022

The first Here For Caithness event held in Wick last month has proved to be a success, with a number of local services in attendance highlighting how they can support the local community.

Important: Further information

For queries about historic documents relating to service redesign that are not published here, please contact the District Manager for the relevant area.

Caithness health and social care redesign

Latest news on service change in Caithness, the Caithness Local Care Model, the business case, and design and build i...
Business case

NHS Highland was given the go-ahead to progress to the next stage in its plans to redesign services in Caithness by t...
Design and build

Caithness General Hospital refurbishment, and new Wick and Thurso Community Hubs.

NHS Highland funding and budgets

The Scottish Government budget announcement in December 2023 presents challenges across the public sector.
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Service change in Badenoch and Strathspey.
Inverness health and social care redesign

Service change in Inverness.
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Lochaber service change, including the project for replacing Belford Hospital.
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Skye, Lochalsh and Wester Ross health and social care redesign

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Service change in Sutherland.
Previous projects

Past service redesign projects.