NHS Grampian were introduced to vCreate as part of the Teleophthalmology project, when scoping store and forward solutions to capture the slit lamp video consultations for sharing between clinicians for asynchronous consultation.

vCreate were using their patient diary solution in Paediatric ICUs across the country, including NHS Grampian, and collaboration to develop this was of interest to the Innovation Hub. The pandemic brought vCreate to the forefront for other services e.g. Neurology, Speech and Language Therapy and the Neonatal Developmental service.

In July 2020 NHS Grampian joined NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, NHS Tayside and NHS Lothian in a national pilot for the use of a clinical video service in Adult and Paediatric Neurology, followed by a similar pilot in Neonatal developmental services a month later. The clinical video service provides a platform for patient and carers to safely share recordings of their child’s or own seizure with the clinicians for clinical assessment and care management. The pilot was hugely successful, with Neonatal services using the system as business as usual and Speech and Language therapy applying for local service procurement. The National Neurology pilot has been extended in Glasgow with aim of making the system mainstream for all Neurology services in NHS Scotland.