Maimie Thompson

Associate Director

Scottish Government Technology Enabled Care Team supporting the roll out of Near Me Video Appointments

Scotland

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Biography

I am currently providing external communications and engagement support to the Scottish Government's Technology Enabled Care Team.  This includes supporting the scale-up of Near Me - the service which delivers video appointments. By May 2021 over one million video appointments have been delivered. To support the scale up a National Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA) was co-produced and a public engagement exercise carried out (June to August 2020) with over 5,400 responses.

More generally I am an engagement specialist with executive-level experience in delivering quality improvement, transformational, and cultural change across health and social care sectors. My experience includes the application of quality improvement methodologies and leading public consultations. I am an accredited LEAN Leader, Associate of the Consultation Institute, and co-author of  "Three Horizons of Integrating Health and Social Care in Scotland" Published in  Handbook of Integrated Care (pp 851-879), July 2021

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Blog posts

  • My Improvement Journey: Maimie Thompson

    Maimie Thompson, Associate Director at Scottish Government's Technology Enabled Care Team, shares her improvement journey and invites you to learn more about her work on 'Near Me', a video consulting service.

  • A potted history of the Near Me video appointment service – What is in a name?

    Q member, Maimie Thompson shares the project development journey that resulted in the video appointment service, Near Me, and the many name changes that came along with it.

  • Insights from Highland: part two

    In her second blog, Maimie Thompson shares insights around the pace of change in NHS Scotland over the past decade. In this instalment, she covers the early ‘people power’ behind Near Me in Highland leading to the roll-out of successful Q Exchange 2018 project, NHS Near Me.

  • COVID-19: insights from Highland

    Over the next two blogs, Maimie Thompson shares some of her insights around the pace of change in NHS Scotland over the past decade. She covers their response to the global pandemic, including the roll-out of successful Q Exchange 2018 project, NHS Near Me.

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