Near Me Groups was launched in January 2022 to provide a facility to offer group video
consultations in an environment purpose built to support the needs of both providers and
members of the public. It replaced legacy video conferencing platforms and Microsoft teams
for patient / client facing group communication.
In addition to providing standard video calling functions such as group chat, breakout rooms
and a lobby function, Near Me groups has been purpose built to meet information governance
standards when communicating with patients and clients. Key features include:
 Call management functions to improve caller entry.
 The ability to select that only caller initials are shown, while full names are displayed to
the provider.
 Chat function that does not retain data following the end of the call.
This report provides an overview of the use of Near Me Groups from January to December.  In total, 42k callers attended 7300 groups in
2023

Near Me Groups Report March 2023.pdf (tec.scot)