CCATS - Perth & Kinross
A new Community Care and Treatment Service (CCATS) delivering health services is now treating patients in local venues across Perth and Kinross.
CCATS, which provides a range of care and minor injury services, is now based at seven hubs in the region:
- Aberfeldy - based at Dalweem Care Home
- Auchterarder - based at St Margaret's Community Hospital
- Blairgowrie - based at Blairgowrie Community Hospital
- Bridge of Earn - based at Bridge of Earn Hub on Station Road
- Crieff - based at Crieff Community Hospital
- Perth - based at Beechgrove House on Hillend Road
- Pitlochry - based at Pitlochry Community Hospital
The service has been introduced in line with the new national GP contract and as part of the Scottish Government's Redesign of Urgent Care programme which is changing the way people access urgent care across Scotland.
The development of these centres and the aim of the national programme is to support people to get the right care in the right place.
CCATS delivers a range of non-GP services, including:
- complex wound care
- blood sample services (also known as phlebotomy)
- blood pressure monitoring
- leg ulcer assessment
- suture removal
Patients are asked not to self-present at the CCATS centres for these treatments as initial appointments are arranged through local GPs or through follow-up appointments by CCATS staff.
CCATS hubs based in Aberfeldy, Blairgowrie and Pitlochry also provide treatment for minor injury services, including:
- shallow cuts or abrasions
- sprains and muscle strains
- bruises and skin lesions
- minor burns covering only a small area of skin
These minor injury CCATS hubs operate on an appointment-only basis. Minor injury appointments are arranged through NHS 24 on 111, which is the national helpline set up to do this across Scotland.
The introduction of the centres means that the majority of minor injury services previously provided at the three Minor Injury Units in Perth and Kinross have now been incorporated into the CCATS.
