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SOAR user guides How to login

Logging in to SOAR

From November 2024 onwards, you need a Turas account to login to SOAR.

The Turas platform is designed by NES to be a one-stop shop for all health and social care tools and learning resources. SOAR is an application hosted on the Turas platform, hence why you require a Turas account to access SOAR.

https://turasdashboard.nes.nhs.scot/

If you do not have a SOAR or Turas account (i.e. new user)

Contact your employing health board's admin team via the request form (take care in selecting the correct employing health board)
1. to create a SOAR profile
2. to set up a temporary SOAR password
Go to the Turas Dashboard (see image 2 below)
1. to create account
2. to "Add Application" and select SOAR (see image 2.2 below)
3. Click on the newly added SOAR app and login (using the temp password)*

* Make sure you click on SOAR, not Appraisal - TurasAppraisal is for AfC staff; SOAR is for Medical Appraisal and Revalidation (see image 3 below).

If you have both a SOAR and a Turas account

Follow steps 2.2 and 2.3 above and login with your existing SOAR details.

If you have a SOAR account but not a Turas account

Follow steps 2 above and login with your existing SOAR details.

If you have a Turas account but not a SOAR account

Follow steps 1 and 2.2 and 2.3 above.

I have different email addresses for Turas and SOAR - does that matter?

So long as your accounts are linked, it doesn't matter if you have different email addresses.

Won't I just login to SOAR for my appraiser/appraisee role?

As part of the changes being introduced, we are moving away from the existing SOAR login mechanism and will be utilising the Turas/Microsoft 2-factor login. After October 2024, you will need a Turas account to access SOAR, regardless of your appraiser/appraisee/Appraisal Lead/RO/Admin roles.

Image 2: Turas dashboard to create a new account

Image 2.2: Linking SOAR account to Turas

Image 3: Take care in selecting the SOAR application from the Turas dashboard and not Appraisal (this app is for AfC staff)

This page was last updated on: 03/10/2024