Hospital Social Work Units

The hospital social work team supports patients throughout South Lanarkshire. The hospital ward will identify the requirement for social care and or social work, to support critical needs for discharge. 

A referral will be made by the ward to the dedicated Hospital Social Work Team.

As part of the discharge planning process, patients will be referred under pathway 2 or pathway 3. 

For pathway 2 patients a home assessment will be carried out to establish what supports may be required following discharge. There may be occasions where care is provided on discharge, and this will be reviewed once the patients is home.   

For Pathway 3 patients an assessment by a Social Worker will be completed prior to discharge. The social worker will coordinate the discharge planning following the assessment outcome. 

For more information on our local social work offices please go to our directory.