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Practice guide for digital inclusion
  • Welcome
  • What is digital inclusion?
    • Why is digital inclusion important?
    • Digital inclusion in health and social care
  • Opportunities for digital
  • Digital & person-centred care
    • Building trust
    • Motivation
    • The right device
    • Connectivity
    • Skills and confidence
    • Accessibility
    • Literacy and language
  • Digital harms and online safety
    • Assessing risk
    • Staying safe online
    • Data privacy
  • Building your own digital skills
  • Digital resources
  • Digital health and care tools
  • About this guide
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  • Resources for everyone
  • Resources for health and care practitioners
  • Further reading

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Digital resources

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Everyone needs the right advice, tools and ideas to get them started on a digital journey, whether it's their own or they're helping somebody else. In this part of the guide we've collated resources and research to help you find everything you need to get off to a good start.

Resources for everyone

Resources for health and care practitioners

Further reading

A curated pathway to help with some of the basics on specific topics

Free courses on using a computer, browsing the web, sending an email and finding work online

Guides to improve your computer skills and boost your digital confidence

Teach and assess the basic concepts and skills needed to use a computer

Tailored support to for people with sight and hearing problems

Specialist support to help older people and people with disabilities get more from technology

Information and advice on staying safe online

Find out how to keep children safe when using the internet

Tutorial articles focusing on key digital areas, including the basics of internet use, staying safe online and social media

Hosted on Turas - a collection of free learning resources curated for the health and social care workforce

Open badge learning (ALLIANCE/SSSC)

Developed by NES, the Thriving in a Digital Age Pathways are intended to build understanding of the role of digital in health and social care.

(Care Inspectorate)

(The ALLIANCE)

Connecting Scotland: Learner Pathway
Learn My Way
Digital Unite Guide
Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum
RNIB Online Today
AbilityNet
Get Safe Online
NSPCC Online Safety
Barclays Digital Wings
Digital and data skills resource hub
SSSC 23 digital capabilities to support practice and learning in social and health services
Discover Digital
Thriving in a digital age pathways
Using technology and digital devices to make a positive impact on health and wellbeing for people experiencing care: Practice guide
Discover Digital Guide: a guide for understanding and navigating digital health, care and wellbeing tools and services
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